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02-14-26 Low Band prop here in Uk yet ? Good Morning from wet UK !! Just a quick question please ? As mentioned before I am a UK firefighter attached to USAF Base in the East of England and have a radio set... 02-14-26, 21:04 pm Good Morning from wet UK !! Just a quick question please ? As mentioned before I am a UK firefighter attached to USAF Base in the East of England and have a radio set up for those quiet moments ! Before I reinstall the Log Periodic & the rotator is anyone aware of low band propogation here into England at the moment? Usually tune 30mhz up to 42mhz for those Police/Fire etc that still work down there - if conditions are favorable then the next dry day I will start rigging the antenna but if... Read more View article »
02-14-26 State of Kentucky P25 7/800 Trunked Radio... Found a document where Motorola was pitching adding them to the propose state... 02-14-26, 21:01 pm Found a document where Motorola was pitching adding them to the propose state system. https://www.marshallcountyky.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/MotorolaKSPSystemAddProposal04202021.pdf Looks like only adding one county site. Portable coverage looks very poor from the provided maps. If those are correct, the "upgrade" would have worse performance than the current system. Does anyone know if they state has started any site deployment? Document says Motorola claims there will be... Read more View article »
02-14-26 Bluetooth earbud that will work. The Unication Bluetooth Headset is not discrete, so I am not interested in using one. Posts about G series Bluetooth issues are old. I have tried a few Bluetooth... 02-14-26, 20:44 pm The Unication Bluetooth Headset is not discrete, so I am not interested in using one. Posts about G series Bluetooth issues are old. I have tried a few Bluetooth earbuds, single and pairs. Someone posted JLAB GO POP, but the volume is way too weak and they are going back to Amazon. I have one pair of TOZO earbuds that work and have okay volume. NC9. With pairs of earbuds, the right ear always seems to be the primary earbud which you must use in order to be able to control volume, even... Read more View article »
02-14-26 Marc’s Lorain simulcast system Has the Lorain county Marc’s simulcast system gone online yet? Have seen site frequencies listed in database but no talkgroup info. Also have not gotten any hits on... 02-14-26, 20:39 pm Has the Lorain county Marc’s simulcast system gone online yet? Have seen site frequencies listed in database but no talkgroup info. Also have not gotten any hits on discovery mode or searching those frequencies. View article »
02-14-26 In over my head with IONs Got some new IONs from dealer to go with existing motortbo radios. I have radio central and cps 2.0 The programming is stumping me in regards to things such as... 02-14-26, 20:38 pm Got some new IONs from dealer to go with existing motortbo radios. I have radio central and cps 2.0 The programming is stumping me in regards to things such as contacts. Does it matter if they are "members" or "available"? All radio alias/ids are correct/functioning. But some radios RX/TX some dont and some will only RX but show to be receiving signal, but no audio. The dealers techs arent knowledgable(their own admission) with ION radios. They just referred me to motorola tech support... Read more View article »
02-14-26 OKWIN Phase I vs. Phase II P25 So I understand that OKWIN is a P25 Phase II setup. (Tulsa Area) However seems my Whistler WS-1065 still gets a lot of comms and its only a Phase I device. Have they... 02-14-26, 20:36 pm So I understand that OKWIN is a P25 Phase II setup. (Tulsa Area) However seems my Whistler WS-1065 still gets a lot of comms and its only a Phase I device. Have they not fully moved to Phase II yet? Also noticed Tulsa County Sheriff has an Encrypted Dispatch channel now - are they using that 100% of the time now like TPD? View article »
02-14-26 What ever happened to the FHSS and encrypted... Around 1999 to about 2002 or somewhere in between I remember seeing a fairly inexpensive frequency hopping spread spectrum radio with encryption. They suggested using... 02-14-26, 20:35 pm Around 1999 to about 2002 or somewhere in between I remember seeing a fairly inexpensive frequency hopping spread spectrum radio with encryption. They suggested using your telephone number as an easily to remember code for the encryption. As I've never had such a need for that type of stuff, I never gave it much thought. But now in this world in which we live, I was wondering if the radio was banned from sale in the United States, or if it just never caught on. I've not seen anything... Read more View article »

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