Mike, I see your point for the commercial side, but how many amateur groups are going upgrade firmware on a repeater after it is up and working? How many are going to upgrade firmware on a machine that doesn't need it before they put it into operation?
But there is plenty of non software equipment still out there that will eventually be surplus, and as for the firmware/software upgrade to remove 25KHz, I don't see it happening (at least not from Motorola) when the manufacturers can make more money selling new equipment as opposed to a firmware upgrade. Just my .02. Dan KA8YPY On Feb 15, 2010, at 12:07 AM, <[email protected]> <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Dan, there will be a time when we cant get a wide band commercial > repeater that we use for our beloved 25khz analog repeaters anymore. > Here in under 2 years when the FCC requires all manufactures to stop > building wideband equipment and everyone in the commercial band to > be at a 12.5khz emission. > > There are rumors floating around that firmware releases for > programmable equipment may include the removal of the 25khz option > in that equipment. Not good for hams. How would you like to be on a > hill top and flash your GE Master 3 or Motorola Quantar or a MTR2000 > to the latest firmware and find out it will only do 12.5khz. Watch > out as the time is coming. > > > Mike Mullarkey K7PFJ > 6886 Sage Ave > Firestone, Co 80504 > 303-736-9693 > > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected] > ] On Behalf Of Dan Blasberg > Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 9:24 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Trbo to be DOA 2012 Say Hello to > Tetra > > > Why would anyone have to start talking about a 6.25 Bandplan? > > Since naroowbanding does not apply to amateur radio, what makes you > think any of the equipment manufacturers will make narrowband specific > equipment? > > Yes, FMN is an option on some amateur rigs, but not all. And with the > narrow band compliance for part 95 and other commercial users, there > should be no shortage of wide band repeater equipment for years to > come. > > I'm just asking to see where your perspective is coming from. > > Dan > KA8YPY > > On Feb 14, 2010, at 10:59 PM, lenaw12 wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], "j.cherry377" > > <j.cherry...@...> wrote: > > > > "...My question is when will the 440 and 2m bands start talking > > about making a > > unified 6.25 kc divisible bandplan and apply it nationwide? They > > will have to do > > it so might as well get started talking about it. I know that there > > are a lot of > > people with 25/30 kc radios that are not going to care for hearing > > about this..." > > > > I can see a band split and reallocation of wider modes into one > > portion of each ham band with the narrow/digital modes holding court > > in another. > > > > LW > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > >
