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03-26-26 2026 VHF Low Band Logs Happy New Year! Might as well start the new thread for 2026! 03-26-26, 01:03 am Happy New Year! Might as well start the new thread for 2026! View article »
03-26-26 Best Way to Setup Banks I will soon be the owner of a BCD160DN, this has lead me to look at how I currently have my radios programmed and look at ways to make this as uniform as possible... 03-26-26, 01:00 am I will soon be the owner of a BCD160DN, this has lead me to look at how I currently have my radios programmed and look at ways to make this as uniform as possible between them. Currently with my UBC93XLT, I have these banks. 1. AirBand VHF 2. Amateur Radio 3. TasRail 4,5: VHF/UHF Business Users 6,7,8,9. UHF CB 0. Temp / Found frequencies. What I find is that while programming these by service works, at times I want to reduce the scope to areas. Now with the BCD160DN, I am also looking at... Read more View article »
03-26-26 New Newton County system Question for anyone in the know. Newton county is building sites on the EMS properties on the North end of the county near lake village and Southern end near brooke. I... 03-26-26, 00:55 am Question for anyone in the know. Newton county is building sites on the EMS properties on the North end of the county near lake village and Southern end near brooke. I seen on the wiki 2 new sites are coming for the IPSC, these sites seem weird they seem to be building 4 towers on each of the 2 sites. Possibly gonna be a simulcast system for Newton county. I wonder if the one site they have already will be part of this. Or if it will be 2 separate systems for each tower site. Anyone have... Read more View article »
03-26-26 IWCE 2026 Anyone planning on attending? I've got some vacation time I need to burn off, a few vendors I'd like to see, and some free hotel nights. Just going to go for the expo... 03-26-26, 00:49 am Anyone planning on attending? I've got some vacation time I need to burn off, a few vendors I'd like to see, and some free hotel nights. Just going to go for the expo floor. Would be willing to buy the first round for anyone that wants to meet up. Looks like most of the big players are there, and the usual cluster of CCR manufacturers. View article »
03-26-26 Westcom is going to Encrypt Everything in the... Hi everyone. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but WOI-TV has a story on their web site that says in the next few months WESTCOM in Polk County will be encrypting... 03-26-26, 00:49 am Hi everyone. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but WOI-TV has a story on their web site that says in the next few months WESTCOM in Polk County will be encrypting everything. Not just law enforcement, but all fire and EMS calls. I'm not going to give you my opinion on this. Just wanted you to know. I live in Ankeny with the SARA system, and so far, fire and EMS are clear, but who knows for how much longer. I'm surprised with as much as the City of Des Moines has going on, that they're... Read more View article »
03-26-26 FCC enforcement Amateur related since the user was a ham licensee that should have known better. Or, why you should think twice about buying radios that will transmit outside the... 03-26-26, 00:08 am Amateur related since the user was a ham licensee that should have known better. Or, why you should think twice about buying radios that will transmit outside the services in which you are licensed. Or, don't accidentally activate audio relay function on a public safety frequency. or, as always, make sure you are not transmitting where you are not licensed, no matter the reason: https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-420097A1.pdf View article »
03-26-26 Phoenix Regional Dispatch Center Active... "There are currently no incidents to show." Also, nothing on the map for 15+ minutes. Never saw this before. Always something going on in Maricopa County? 03-26-26, 00:06 am "There are currently no incidents to show." Also, nothing on the map for 15+ minutes. Never saw this before. Always something going on in Maricopa County? View article »

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