[TrunkCom] does anyone know how the new scanners will handle both data and voice from the same channel?

[Trunktracker]

So you mean the hardware inside the radio is already there ?  The radio
already HAS the ability to do digital or encrypted right out of the box ?
Why should you have to purchase additional flash software just to use a
feature that the radio is already physically capable of ?

To me, it would seem that to add additional talkgroup memory, you would have
to open the radio and add a chip or something.  But you don't ?  That memory
capability is already there ?

I think that's rediculous !  Could you imagine having to purchase extra
software just to program an EDACS system into a trunktracker ?  Or having to
buy another radio programming application to just use the digital feature on
the upcoming digital scanners ?  What a rip off.

trnktrkr@tampabay.rr.com

> The radio is connected to the computer and the desired features are
> added to (or "flashed into") the radio.
>
> Features that can be flashed into a radio include encryption capability
> and additional channel capacity. As an example, the base model MTS-2000
> Flashport portable radio is capable of 160 talkgroups/channels. For a
> fee (if I recall correctly from when we ordered ours it's around $150
> per radio if you order it at the same time as the radio), you can have
> it flashed up to 255 talkgroup/channel capacity.
>
> It's really just a firmware upgrade or addition.
>
> Tom WA8PYR