I'm more or less looking at the future here, as my business currently uses analog radios and are working with an FCC frequency coordinator to get frequency pair assignments. And forgive me with this sounding a little bit hypothetical in nature, but it really is.
I'm hearing more and more that digital radio technologies such as DMR or P25 or others are being seen as 'better' because the reception doesn't diminish until you're at the very end of the range of a broadcast. I have two DMR radios (both Part 90 certified) here in Analog mode because that's what most of the clients we work with use in their companies, and until frequencies are coordinated for my business to use on our radios when out on on-site work at a client's location, I'm more or less just thinking for the future and the potential of using a digital system instead.
I've see threads here discussing digital systems being better, such as DMR or P25 or even trunked digital systems. But I'm not as fluent in those technologies as I am the analog equivalent technologies. I'm also not finding any details on how a business might implement one of these digital systems.
So this is more or less me looking for knowledge for the future. I'm looking into the feasibility of, within the next couple years or so, possibly moving to digital instead of staying on analog. What type of technologies should I be looking at, and is there any documentation of how to implement such technologies in a primarily mobile-only setup (that is, we don't have a fixed repeater or antenna station, it's mobile repeater technologies in use with temporary fixed antennas and no actually fixed antennas).
I'm hearing more and more that digital radio technologies such as DMR or P25 or others are being seen as 'better' because the reception doesn't diminish until you're at the very end of the range of a broadcast. I have two DMR radios (both Part 90 certified) here in Analog mode because that's what most of the clients we work with use in their companies, and until frequencies are coordinated for my business to use on our radios when out on on-site work at a client's location, I'm more or less just thinking for the future and the potential of using a digital system instead.
I've see threads here discussing digital systems being better, such as DMR or P25 or even trunked digital systems. But I'm not as fluent in those technologies as I am the analog equivalent technologies. I'm also not finding any details on how a business might implement one of these digital systems.
So this is more or less me looking for knowledge for the future. I'm looking into the feasibility of, within the next couple years or so, possibly moving to digital instead of staying on analog. What type of technologies should I be looking at, and is there any documentation of how to implement such technologies in a primarily mobile-only setup (that is, we don't have a fixed repeater or antenna station, it's mobile repeater technologies in use with temporary fixed antennas and no actually fixed antennas).