Nate Duehr wrote: > I was going to bring up TIA-603-C, but I figured it wasn't worth the > resulting religious battles that would result in the Gaza Strip here. > (GRIN) > > I've also seen at least one (clueless) agency switch radios instead of > simply demanding the manufacturer support their existing radios. Wasted of > taxpayer dollars. > > "Stupid is as stupid does!" They could have demanded proper support or > thrown the repeater manufacturer out. But there were other politics > involved... if someone high enough up is a "Brand X" fanatic, it just means > the taxpayers lose... > > What bugs me about the above, is that I'm just an Amateur and I can figure > out that there's two prevailing standards. Why can't some "professionals"? > Most get it, but there's still people out there who don't. > > Perhaps they shouldn't be working on Public Safety systems? Mmm? Just a > thought... > > Nate WY0X >
Yeah- there sure is a lot of people who should NOT be doing commercial radio, let alone PS... And even stranger, most of the more recent Kenwoods I have played with seem to decode either just fine. My F6, my 705D and 805D, my wife's G71 and G707, as well as 830's, 840's, and 860's I've 'played' with. I haven't had much chance to play with -80 or -90 series, or the current stuff. But what I just listed all played well with either a stock Micor, MSF, TKR, MastrII (the ones that had STE), or MastrIII. It's going the other way (rx'ing with the M's) that doesn't always work, even within different vintage M radios. So it's not that hard to make a radio that will respond to either format, on the fly. No programming required...
