[Scan-DC] Loudoun County nonsense

[Walt Tolpa]

Hey folks I saved this thread and live in Loudoun County and picked up Pro 197 and Pro 106. Will I have the ability to receive anything from Loudoun County using the RR data base? Also what about DC Metro fire and police? Can I receive DC from Ashburn using standard antenna? Montomgery and Farifax is all I can pick-up using the proloaded folders. Both counties signals are strong in Ashburn. Hope I can receive DC.
Hope I did not waste my $$$ at RS.
Thanks for your help.
Walt
 
 
> From: ecarlson at gmail.com
> Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:59:08 -0600
> To: jeff at krauss.ws
> CC: scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Loudoun County nonsense
> 
> Some P25 systems are starting to use TDMA digital voice, which no
> scanner can currently decode. So your P25 digital scanner would be
> like having an old analog scanner: you won't be able to hear anything.
> Your existing digital scanners support what is known as P25 "Phase 1"
> digital voice. P25 "Phase 2" is starting to appear (or at least a
> not-yet-officially-finalized version of it). You can read more about
> this at radioreference.com.
> 
> http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Project_25#Project_25_Phase_II
> 
> Systems using Phase 2 audio may also use Phase 1 audio (it's still
> there for backwards compatibility). Think of it like Motorola systems
> that have both analog and P25 talkgroups. Except in this case a given
> talkgroup that is normally Phase 2 could revert to Phase 1 audio if a
> Phase 1 radio joined the talkgroup.
> 
> -Eric
> 
> On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 8:40 PM, Jeff Krauss <jeff at krauss.ws> wrote:
> > Can someone translate the nonsense messages about Loudoun County into
> > plain English?
> > My scanner can receive P25 just fine.
> > So what if they convert from Motorola to P25?
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