[TrunkCom] Uniden P25 handling change request

[Gary Hahn]

Your point on the 785/250 may be correct, but I'm thinking those are not
firmware upgradeable anyways.

On the BC796D/BC296D, that's no longer true.  The radio-wide settings are
1:CSQ, 2:Tone Sq, 3:Tone Search.  So long as the radio-wide setting is Tone
Sq, the TONE DATA setting is applied per channel.

Now, I *will* say that I also think having a radio-wide setting is silly,
too.  Why not just assume I want TONE SQ if I have a TONE DATA option set
per channel, and assume I want TONE SEARCH if I have TONE DATA set to OFF.

Gary

> >>   I propose a firmware change so that there is a 4th 
> choice (#3 here) 
> >> for
> TONE DATA; 1:CTCSS, 2:DCS, 3:P25-ONLY, 4:OFF.
> 
> The choices - atleast on the 250D - are carrier squelch, tone 
> squelch and 
> tone search.
> 
> Since the tone options are currently radio-wide settings, 
> having an option 
> like your #3 would be useless, unless you only wanted to 
> monitor a couple of 
> digital channels.  With that option, you would loose 
> reception of all other 
> channels you had programmed with PL or DPL.
> 
> Why not promote a feature to decode and store the digital 
> codes used on P25 
> conventional channels ?
> 
> You might also want to try the attenuation feature to reduce 
> reception of 
> other agencies on the same frequency.
> 
> On some of the Unidens, you can also lock out one particular 
> PL / DPL tone on 
> a frequency, which can help when one agency is regularly 
> heard on the same 
> frequency as the digital user.
> 
> 
> Jeff Multer
> Fort Mill, S.C.
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