[TrunkCom] rebanding

[Jeff Kenyon]

Hi Tom and the group, a correction to my last post I hadn't been there in 
months, but how will users be transitioned to this new band?  That will be 
the challenge with all the radio programming.  Does anyone have plans on how 
you will work this out?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Swisher" <wa8pyr-scan at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Discussion of Monitoring Trunk Radio Systems" 
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Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 4:35 PM
Subject: Re: [TrunkCom] rebanding


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> Jeff Kenyon wrote:
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>> Hi everyone, I visited my local police department's radio shop today, and 
>> i haven't done this in years, but I hear that they may loose their 
>> frequencies in the 866-869 MHz range, and I was told it was because of 
>> the Nextel rebanding.  What do you all think they will get with the 
>> rebanding?  On another list someone said this wouldn't effect the 
>> Michigan State Police TRS, but that is also in that band range as well.
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> Agencies with NPSPAC 866-869 frequencies will hove those frequencies moved 
> down 15 MHz to the 851-854 range, which is the new NPSPAC band. The 
> negotiation process is scheduled to begin in Ohio, Michigan, Northern PA 
> and northwestern NY (also southern TX, southern CA, NM and WA) around June 
> 2006; those areas are part of "Wave 4" because they are border areas and 
> certain treaty issues must be worked out with Canada and Mexico.
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> More to follow.
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> Tom WA8PYR
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