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October 8th 06, 03:49 PM
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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 |
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October 8th 06, 07:43 PM
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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. |
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