Hi. Does anyone know if Metuchen PD recently changed frequencies? Haven't heard anything on 472.05 for a few days, except for some digital noise. The RR database and FCC search don't show anything new.
There are advantages going to DMR. It's a pretty decent mode, really. The biggest thing is that you can fit two simultaneous conversations into one repeater. The repeater cuts the channel into 2 timeslots pretty much giving you two channels where you once had one. Some DMR systems also do vehicle location on the second timeslot. And, DMR embeds unit ID, so there's no burst for identification. The system could be configured as dual-mode, too, and potentially revert back to analog if needed (although I have no specific knowledge that's what they did/or are doing), and the radios themselves operate in analog. I don't see it as a waste of money in that respect.What is the reason why they switched from FM to DMR other than spending money?
The only reason why I think they switched to DMR and probably the only logically reason why is for secrecy. Now I can't justify how making a switch to DMR is more cost effective then switching to a digital/conventional P25 flash with some DES encryption loaded in, but that's for a whole another forum set on that idea... Also.. Even if they have their older UHF analog for let's say channel 2. It just doesn't seem logical to me to do that method to maintain interop.