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

Mon, 28 Oct 2002 05:55:13 -0800 (PST)

They are already selling them?  I thought that they
were going to be out until November 2002.
--- Tom Swisher <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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
> -- 
>
-----------------------------------------------------------------
> Tom Swisher, WA8PYR                       
> [email protected]
>    "They're not going to catch us. We're on a
> mission from God"
> 	Elwood Blues, 1979
>     *** Central Ohio Radio & More -
> www.qsl.net/wa8pyr ***
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> TrunkCom mailing list
> mailto:[email protected]
> http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/trunkcom

__________________________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site
http://webhosting.yahoo.com/

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

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