[TrunkCom] More Ohio MARCS talkgroup confirmations, and BC250D is *really* nice

[Tom Swisher]

All;

Got to play with a BC250D today, and confirmed some more talkgroups on 
Ohio MARCS with same:

1600 
POST-21 
OSP Delaware post	10/27/02
1616 
POST-21 TAC?	OSP Delaware post tac?					
1632 
POST-23 
OSP Lancaster post	06/20/02
1648 
POST-23 TAC?	OSP Lancaster post tac?					
1664 
POST-45 
OSP Granville post	10/27/02
1680 
POST-45 TAC?	OSP Granville post tac?					
1696 
POST-49 
OSP West Jefferson post	06/20/02
1712 
POST-49 TAC?	OSP West Jefferson post tac?
1728 
POST-59 
OSP Mt Gilead post	10/27/02
1744 
POST-59 TAC?	OSP Mt Gilead post tac?					
1760 
POST-65 
OSP Circleville post	06/20/02
1776 
POST-65 TAC?	OSP Circleville post tac?

Also confirmed that the Stark County, Ohio Sheriff is running their 800 
MHz frequencies in Astro-25 conventional mode.

Audio on the 250D is pretty good, and it's a good, hefty scanner with a 
nice feel, about the same size as a BC245 but just a tad larger. As one 
of the guys in the local ham radio club says, "It's a good, manly radio, 
not one of these dinky little sissy radios".

If you were planning on not buying a 250 simply because it won't do 
9.6k, you might want to rethink that decision. The BC250D may not track 
9.6k systems, but look past that to all the other things this scanner 
will do. It's a dilly, jam-packed with a slew of great features. I 
really like it.

It's not too hard to get to know, either. If you're familiar with 
programming a 780 by use of the menus, programming the 250 will be 
pretty much intuitive. There are some differences, but it's really 
pretty easy to get used to, and once you get going it's a blast!

Of course, if you're in an area that is exclusively 9.6k I can 
understand your decision not to part with your hard-earned dough, but 
here's something else to keep in mind: you can use the 250 or 785 until 
a 9.6k capable scanner comes out, sell the 250/785 for a couple hundred 
$$ to someone who has no need for 9.6k capability, keep the digital 
card, buy a new scanner and install the digital card in it. You can thus 
monitor the 9.6k system conventionally at first, then later you're in 
like Flint.

Tom WA8PYR
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Tom Swisher, WA8PYR                        WA8PYR@columbus.rr.com
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