[TrunkCom] Re: [DIGITAL-SCANNING] 9.6 K trunked systems/New Digital Card

[Wayne M H]

On Tue, 22 Oct 2002 01:42:21 EDT, studioded@aol.com wrote:

>In a message dated 10/21/02 4:24:18 PM Central Daylight Time,=20
>wa8pyr@columbus.rr.com writes:
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>> Here's the official word from Uniden as I received it today:
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>> "The forthcoming BC785D and BC250D scanners will be capable of=20
>> monitoring P25 digital transmissions from conventional, 3600 baud=20
>> mixed-mode and 3600 baud digital trunked systems."
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>> This means the first generation P25 scanners will not track 9600 baud=20
>> trunking, but will monitor the digital transmissions in conventional=20
>> mode. As I see it, however, 9600 baud trunking capability is close by.=
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>> Fortunately, there are not too many 9600 baud systems out there... =
yet.
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>> By the way, there is nothing else out there that will track a 9600 =
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>> system either, short of a Motorola radio.
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>> Tom WA8PYR
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>Tom,
>       With that begs the question... Will we be able to buy a new =
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>card to enable us to track 9600 baud Apco-25 TRS's in the BC250/785 or =
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>we have to buy a whole new scanner? We all know that Uniden never will =
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>flashable scanner so that point is moot.

The digital card/slot is strictly for voice decoding. It's sad that
Uniden has always been the company who puts out the least amount of
effort to get a product out or to support a feature.

-Wayne