Some criminals put police sirens, lights, etcetera on their vehicles; impersonating an officer. Does this mean that someone ought to have a license before they can buy a car? Should we ban cars from importation?
Exactly what I thought! hahahaha loved your post man.
To others:
Look folks... ANYONE with the INTENTION to disrupt police activities via radio (in this case NY - if true) will need to "some skills" to find the right frequency, figure out the repeater off-set and tone(s). I believe NYPD uses that and only has a few P25. I haven't looked in the DB yet... maybe I won't either.
The RADIO USED is only a
matter of choice and it doesn't have to be a Baofeng for example.
1) Surplus police radio sold on eBay? With the right programming ... you are in.
2) An YAESU, KENWOOD, ALINCO or ICOM with a MARS mod also easy to find on eBay? Example: YAESU FT-470 (VERY CHEAP!)
3) A "Chinese" radio also found on eBay? Lets not be ignorant about them - these radios do NOT break into a police repeater out of the box. You need to know what you are doing to program them to do that.
So the solution is not banning "Chinese radios". The solution is possibly improving the security around the radio system used in this case. But I don't want to think of a solution (WHY?) because they have people that are
paid to figure this out and FORESEE potential issues like this.
Bottom line is... SOMEONE didn't do their job.
Lets quit being silly because you paid 10x more for your ICOM when someone paid less for radio that can do the same thing your radio does.
Reminder: All HAMS started from the bottom ... "many" with cheap CB radios. Remember that?
Chinese radio buyers are your Hams of tomorrow.