[TrunkCom] Hey Uniden, an idea

Thu, 10 Jan 2002 15:31:41 -0700

I agree I never go buy until way after release
At 03:42 PM 1/9/2002, you wrote:
>on 1/9/02 10:17 AM, Tom Swisher at [email protected] wrote:
>
> > According to an update, that question was posed very specifically to the
> > Uniden dudes, and they answered that it will do 9600 in addition to
> > 3600.
>
>With such a late release date (Fall 2002?) we all know how features and
>specs can change.  I'm sure most of us have ordered a product based on
>planned specs only to find the finished product is lacking.
>
>My last preordered purchase was an Optoelectronics Optotrakker.  I remember
>getting on the waiting list for this new and exciting product.  Not only
>would it display all sorts of stuff, it had a built in data slicer so you
>could use it with trunker.  When the 'trakker finally arrived, the data
>slicer output had been taken out.  The website was still advertising this
>feature but a call to Opto tech support confirmed that there was no way to
>output it.  Opto did take my unit back and actually added a dip header that
>could be used to send either data slicer output or formatted RS232 logging
>data to one port.  This was the last time I ordered a product before the
>finished version actually hit the shelves.
>
>It would be great if the new scanner did 9k6 and 3k6 baud control channel
>formats.  I don't have any in my area but have several systems which support
>APCO25 voice.  For this reason alone the scanner looks great.  I'll probably
>be buying one when available but I will be waiting a month or two for others
>to discover any "missing" features.
>
>
>--
>Steve <[email protected]>
>
>
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