Cheap P25 scanner???
 

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John B. wrote:

Good point and great idea of going to Radio Shack in town. I'm sure
others
have gone there looking for the same.

John B.

Will anything from RS even survive rebanding???


Who knows. I would not recommend buying anything from them, just use it to
see if you can actually hear what the PD is sending. It's real iffy asking
around. Someone may "tell" you it's something you can pick up, but if you
buy a Digital Scanner then find out they did not know what they were talking
about, you are sitting there with an expensive scanner that will do you no
good. We have a P-25 system here, but I have never been able to find out for
sure if it can be monitored or not. I have found that the only way to know
for sure is find a Digital scanner and try it. If a Pro-96 will pick it up,
then you can thank them, go out and buy a Uniden.



Then realize you liked the Pro-96 better and take it back.

BDK

Cheap P25 scanner???
 

"zerg90" wrote in message
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John B. - have you checked www.radioreference.com to see what type of
digital system is in use? As far as I know, you can
monitor/decode/trunk track any digital and/or trunked system unless it
is encrypted, OpenSky, Passport, or ProVoice. (I am sure there are
exceptions to this "rule".)

Peter Sz


The RR site is sometimes great, but I have found for the system here it's of
no help. The info is outdated and has not been brought up to date. I and at
least one other person tried to help, but they were not interested so I gave
up. It's a great site for info, but I would not recommend buying a $500.00
scanner just because it said it would work unless you could confirm it.
--
"Everything in excess! To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites.
Moderation is for monks."

[Lazarus Long]

Cheap P25 scanner???
 

Al Klein wrote:
On 20 Sep 2006 23:45:46 -0700, wrote:

Will anything from RS even survive rebanding???

Since no one (not even Motorola) knows exactly how rebanding will end
up, no one can know what scanners can or can't survive it.

My comment was based on this statement on the Grove site:

Getting The Most From The New Uniden Scanners
by Paul Opitz

"The major impact of rebanding will be on all Motorola analog using the
BC-235/245/895/780/250D/785D scanners and P25 systems using the
250D/785D scanners. The fore mentioned scanners cannot be used when
rebanding plan is implemented and cannot be flash upgraded. The
customer will have to buy a new scanner to monitor any system that
changes frequencies due to rebanding. "

Cheap P25 scanner???
 

On 7 Oct 2006 10:03:58 -0700, wrote:

Al Klein wrote:
On 20 Sep 2006 23:45:46 -0700, wrote:

Will anything from RS even survive rebanding???

Since no one (not even Motorola) knows exactly how rebanding will end
up, no one can know what scanners can or can't survive it.

My comment was based on this statement on the Grove site:

Getting The Most From The New Uniden Scanners
by Paul Opitz

"The major impact of rebanding will be on all Motorola analog using the
BC-235/245/895/780/250D/785D scanners and P25 systems using the
250D/785D scanners. The fore mentioned scanners cannot be used when
rebanding plan is implemented and cannot be flash upgraded. The
customer will have to buy a new scanner to monitor any system that
changes frequencies due to rebanding. "

That doesn't say that certain other scanners WILL be flash-upgradable
- it only addresses whether those 8 will be, and they won't,
regardless of the final outcome of rebanding.

Whether any current scanner will be upgradable - by flashing or
otherwise - after rebanding remains to be seen. If, for example,
channel numbers can be arbitrarily assigned to frequencies (there's
equipment that can do that now), you won't be able to program a
scanner unless you have that assignment list - which would probably be
closely guarded.

We're all - users, designers and manufacturers - in the same boat.
We'll just have to wait and see. And you can bet that it's going to
take longer to arrive at the final solution than it's supposed to.
When has a government job ever come in early or for less than
originally planned?

Cheap P25 scanner???
 

Al Klein wrote:
On 7 Oct 2006 10:03:58 -0700, wrote:

Al Klein wrote:
On 20 Sep 2006 23:45:46 -0700, wrote:

Will anything from RS even survive rebanding???

Since no one (not even Motorola) knows exactly how rebanding will end
up, no one can know what scanners can or can't survive it.

My comment was based on this statement on the Grove site:

Getting The Most From The New Uniden Scanners
by Paul Opitz

"The major impact of rebanding will be on all Motorola analog using the
BC-235/245/895/780/250D/785D scanners and P25 systems using the
250D/785D scanners. The fore mentioned scanners cannot be used when
rebanding plan is implemented and cannot be flash upgraded. The
customer will have to buy a new scanner to monitor any system that
changes frequencies due to rebanding. "

That doesn't say that certain other scanners WILL be flash-upgradable
- it only addresses whether those 8 will be, and they won't,
regardless of the final outcome of rebanding.

Whether any current scanner will be upgradable - by flashing or
otherwise - after rebanding remains to be seen. If, for example,
channel numbers can be arbitrarily assigned to frequencies (there's
equipment that can do that now), you won't be able to program a
scanner unless you have that assignment list - which would probably be
closely guarded.

We're all - users, designers and manufacturers - in the same boat.
We'll just have to wait and see. And you can bet that it's going to
take longer to arrive at the final solution than it's supposed to.
When has a government job ever come in early or for less than
originally planned?

Scanning used to seem so simple : )

Bill

Cheap P25 scanner???
 

On 8 Oct 2006 06:49:43 -0700, wrote:

Scanning used to seem so simple : )

So did getting on an airplane - times, they are a'changin.