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

[JEFFREY MICHAEL KENYON]

Well, for some people, it is worth it.  This is the first of I would
presume many digital scanners to come.  Remember when the first
trunktrackers came on the  market?  You only could do Motorola, and
finally when something came for EDACS it was a computer program, and your
radio had to be connected to the computer for that, and then an EDACS
capable scanner came, and on and on.  For many people who can't enjoy
anything but noise, this is worthwhile, and maybe some day down the road
there may be a scanner with the digital card built right into it and
obviously included as a whole package.Maybe what might happen with this is
that you might be able to monitor just one kind of talk group either
digital or analogue.  I'm not trying to be negative here, but realistic
about what may  be included, and what may not be. included and what could
be added to future radios
	As for flashing radios, there is no sense in paying for something
that you don't have to have right  now for instance, the radios on my local
trunked system don't use any encryption.  It might come later on for
detectives, but right now, and for years encryption has not been used on
either our old or new systems, so why pay for it?Encryption may come some
time soon, but not now so therefore the features haven't been paid for.





On Fri, 7 Jun 2002, Ian Wraith wrote:

> Hi
> 
> >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.
> 
>  You have got remember a digital handheld has a lot more in common with
> your PC than it does with a handheld radio from 15 or 20 years ago. When
> you buy a PC it doesn't automatically come with MS Office on it you have
> to pay Bill Gates something for it. Likewise if in the future a software
> based scanner comes on the market then a new trunking format appears
> some programmer is going to have to spend an awful lot of time writing
> a new program so the scanner can track that system. The programmer needs
> paying and the scanner company need to make a profit.
> 
> >So you mean Motorola puts the hardware in every in EVERY radio, even though
> >some agencies won't ever use it?  That sounds like a waste of money to me.
> 
>  Again the main component in a digital radio is its software which probably
> costs more to develop than the hardware. The different software that can
> be flashed into the handheld require the same DSP IC. It doesn't matter
> if the radio is to be used in simplex APCO25 mode or as part of a trunked
> system.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Ian
> 
>  
> 
> 
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