[TrunkCom] digital and subaudible

Joe Hathaway [email protected]
Mon, 04 Nov 2002 12:28:56 -0600


The "Dudes" wrote one another:

> > Now here is something interesting.  One EDACS system
> > s TEN LOGIC CHANNEL NUMBERS but only uses 9 of them.
> > Why NOT use all TEN?
>
> Either the last channel is not active yet, or it is only used when the
> system is fully loaded.  Or, it's not used at all in the system.  There
> are serveral possibilities.

Here is a thought, off the wall:  Why not enter the never-used frequency as conventional in the same bank as the trunked system?  If the frequency is ever used (such as for simplex narc surveillance or some such off-the-system use) you will hear it, even if the controller does not know it exists.

Joe Hathaway