[TrunkCom] Uniden's 250d and 785d in Baltimore, MD?

[Tom Swisher]

AVALON4190@aol.com wrote:

> My questions are:
>    Will Uniden's new 250d and 785d, with optional card installed, work
> on Baltimore's current trunked Astro IMBE hybrid analog/digital system?

They should work just fine, as long as the talkgroup(s) you want to 
monitor are not encrypted. Fire Departments are usually pretty good 
about not encrypting their regular operations, just certain sensitive 
stuff. Many police departments, on the other hand, generally tend to be 
a little less trusting of the public and encrypt more stuff, especially 
after 9/11.

>    Is there any inkling that Uniden or another scanner house will make
> PCI-card or PC-card (for laptops) versions of the new models?

Doubtful.

>    Is there any scuttlebutt about other scanner houses producing new
> models that'll have the (alleged) capabilities of Uniden's new 250d and
> 785d?

Scuttlebutt and wishful thinking? Always. Such a debate is raging right 
now here on Trunkcom. Truth, or truthful hearsay? Nope.

Tom
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