>> I was only refering to the trunked system.
As I previously stated, rebanding covers the entire 800 system - trunked and conventional repeated. So it is incomplete to only refer to part of the system and claim there was no rebanding.
>> WQEH988, I am not at all familiar with that group or that call sign. It is a two repeater group on each of the five towers used by the main system. I looked at my chart, the 853.5875 is the ID channel for P-25
853.5875 is the replacement frequency, under rebanding, for the original NPSPAC frequency - 868.5875 - that the county was licensed for. The license will reflect both frequencies until the rebanding is complete, and the licensee notifies the F.C.C. that it is no longer using the NPSPAC channel.
>> All the money was to buy the P-25 system. I find fault with the fact that all they ever said was for Nextel Rebanding, and hiding from the public, if not the council, that they where buying something new and not really needed.
For some systems, rebanding may be the best time to transition to P25 because it may save money in some aspects. For instance, if you have a large inventory of analog trunked radios that must be replaced during rebanding, it may be a good time to pay the difference in cost to upgrade to radios that are P25 capable.
Keep in mind that support for 3600 baud analog trunked systems through Motorola is waning.
>> Yes ten or 11 willl need reband, but the analog radio could have handled that, lthough getting to the 6.25 might have been difficult.
I don't know how much access Beaufort County personnel have on the Palmetto system, but access on the state system will become more and more limited as it transitions to P25 talkgroups.
>> You might note that this was sold to county council as Nextel Reband which it never was except for the back up Frequencies.
Again, you need to get a better understanding of when rebanding means, and how important it is, and why so many agencies nationwide are jumping through hoops to get it accomplished.
>> WNRA431 is the main system and the 2 at 860.xxxx have not ben heard in several weeks, nor have four others above 857.4375 (the CC for P-25).
Considering the number of frequencies in the original trunked system, getting 6 new frequencies from the rebanding process was pretty significant. I'm guessing that 2 or those 6 new frequencies were replacements for the 860.xxxx frequencies.
If that's the case, those 860.xxxx frequencies will eventually disappear from the license ... just as 868.5375 will, and as the NPSPAC ITAC frequencies will.
>> Now i am getting confused here in that I was made aware that the reband area was above 866. not 861. I might have misunderstood. Some one have a reasearch link for this. Thanks
There's some information in the RadioReference wiki section. A good resource is the APCO website. I also have followed the PrivateWirelessForum and LMR groups on Yahoogroups for years, and find the experiences shared by the people in the LMR business to be an excellent tutorial.