[TrunkCom] Clock now running on 800 MHz rebanding

[Tom Swisher]

Gary Hahn wrote:

> Thanks for that, Tom.  Here's the rebanding plan info for those who haven't
> seen it...  See the 2 PDFs.  I contend it means a mass move to P25 across
> the country...not because of technical reasons, but because spectrum
> occupants will use this as an excuse.

I don't see that happening. From what we got at the conference, Nextel 
absolutely WILL NOT buy new radios for *anyone* if their existing radios 
can be retuned. The vast majority can, such as my STX821 and MTS2000 
models (both are 806/821 capable right out of the box, no tuning needed).

In fact, Nextel, Motorola and users are already at loggerheads as to the 
retunability of a couple of Mother M's radio models.

And with municipal/state budgets stretched to the limit already, I just 
don't see it happening. Over time, perhaps, but not in the next 3 years.

And as to the spectrum shift, it's pretty simple for the NPSPAC band; 
simply subtract 15MHz from existing frequencies (ex: 866.0125 becomes 
851.0125). Only in the case of an existing public safety licensee in the 
way will it be different.

Tom WA8PYR
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