[ScanIndiana] NEXTEL

[gary lane]

Its the cost of these wonderful toys that will keep
the average scanner hobbyist from obtaining such
equipment. Myself included.


--- "Matthew C. Payne" <kb9uje@qsl.net> wrote:
> Rob Dale said:
> >> the Nextel system.  After some heavy research, I
> came to the
> >> conclusion that a nextel scanner is very
> possible, and (like
> >> anything else) can be produced if the demand is
> high enough.
> >
> > That may be true in theory but does not apply to
> the real world ;> Look
> > at what sort of pull NEXTEL has on the public
> safety band -- proposing
> > to actually move 800MHz systems to 700MHz with a
> mega-money buyout. The
> > cellphone industry as a whole doesn't have that
> sort of influence, yet
> > they were able to ban cell freq's from scanners.
> What do you think
> > NEXTEL lobbyists would do in Congress if a
> NEXTEL-monitoring scanner was
> > ever brought to the FCC?
> 
> I don't think you get it.  There is an interface
> right now that runs on a
> laptop that uses an AOR radio to receive, decode,
> and track the nextel
> trunked radios.  And anyone can get it, if they want
> to spend the dough. 
> Nextel systems are on 800 MHz SMR frequencies, and
> no legalities exist to
> prevent this software from being sold.
> 
> > That's right -- now we agree there will never be a
> NEXTEL-capable
> > scanner.
> 
> I don't agree at all.  In fact, reference to the
> earlier thread of "Never,
> ever having a scanner capable of listening to
> Pro-Voice, never is a really
> long time :-)
> 
> > And going to our Congress-critter and saying "I'm
> a scanner
> > user, I _have_ to be able to listen to the private
> conversations of my
> > neighbors" probably won't go very far at all.
> 
> We don't have to have a reason to listen in.  Or the
> permission of the
> FCC.  These are 800 MHz business radios, and the
> laws for monitoring those
> are already thankfully well defined.
> 
> Matt
> 
> 
> 
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