[TrunkCom] Re: FCC says "250D" has NOT been type accepted.

[Wayne M H]

Overpriced feature that's probably a pain to administer. I like that
one. It's basically a feature to an IntelliRepeater's operation.
That's the only station I know of that supports it.

-W

On Wed, 18 Sep 2002 18:53:21 -0400, Marcel <Marcelrf@Bellsouth.net>
wrote:

>That is why I wondered  about the connection to P-25
>
>How about "Protocol" rather than "air interface"? Do you like that =
better?
>
>Wayne M H wrote:
>
>> (Reply to the list directly, thanks)
>>
>> SCAT and VOC aren't exactly air interfaces. They just allow the
>> control channel to switch to voice when all voice channels are busy.
>> No trunktrackers support this and probably wouldn't perform well since
>> all they really can do successfully is track a simple conversation.
>>
>> A local ASTRO-only system has a few single channel VOC trunking sites
>> and another three channel VOC site. It's not a real loss to miss the
>> conversations. And VOC is meant for small, fill-in sites anyway.
>>
>> VOC can be used on any band as long as the system is SmartZone and up.
>> SCAT can probably be used on any band.
>>
>> -Wayne
>>
>> On Wed, 18 Sep 2002 11:31:31 -0400, Marcel <Marcelrf@Bellsouth.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >So why would you need the 250D since none of these air interfaces are=
 P-25?
>> >
>> >JERRY NONE wrote:
>> >
>> >> They are usuaully found on the 800 and maybe 900
>> >> bands.
>> >> S.C.A.T. =3D Single Channel Autonomous Trunking
>> >> V.O.C.   =3D Voice On Control
>> >> S.C.A.T. is E.D.C.S. brands of a single frequency
>> >> trunking system while V.O.C. is the Motorola brand.
>> >> Each trunking method is desinged for users that want
>> >> trunking but do NOT anticipate alot of traffic or just
>> >> need to fill - in coverage gaps with a single
>> >> frequency trunking system.  I believe that Regular and
>> >> Multinet forms of L.T.R. do NOT have this type of
>> >> feature.
>> >>
>> >> What happens is this:  The repaeter stays in Control
>> >> Channel Mode until somebody keys up and then they can
>> >> basically talk on the control channel/frequency.
>> >> Once the conversation is over the repeater once again
>> >> goes back to Control Channel Mode.
>> >>
>> >> Somebody once stated that there is NO scanner that can
>> >> track a single frequency truking system like this.
>> >> --- Marcel <Marcelrf@Bellsouth.net> wrote:
>> >> > What band are SCAT and
>> >> > VOC TRS on?