[Scan-DC] Fw: new PG county trunk

[Lee Williams]

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From: "Lee Williams" <leonzo at hotmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2009 1:13 PM
To: <ka3jjz at netscape.com>; <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] new PG county trunk

> Also for what its worth Loudoun County, VA will also be implementing the 
> same Phase II TDMA protocol, so there will be at least two DC Metro area 
> agencies using the technology.
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> From: <ka3jjz at netscape.com>
> Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 8:12 PM
> To: <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] new PG county trunk
>
>> It seems my original message got bounced by the spam filters, so let me 
>> try this again...
>>
>> The new system is thought that it will use P25 Phase II TDMA. This is a 
>> format that cannot be scanned by the current crop of trunktrackers. There 
>> is also some thought that there will be some Phase I talkgroups on this 
>> system (as I understand it - barely - Phase II equipment can also use 
>> Phase I talkgroups).
>>
>> I also understand that the Phase II protocols are still somewhat in 
>> flux - by the time PG comes up, if there will be any systems actually 
>> using Phase II, is speculative at best. Whether PG will be a trailblazer 
>> and leave us in the dust, is anybody's guess at this point.
>>
>> 73 Mike
>>
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