DE Failsafe

[doctordave]

Since the upcoming Uniden 996 allows the user to deem a frequency on a particular channel to be monitorable only if digital, only if analog or both.....I couldn't help but wonder if the use of the I-CALL & the I-TACs in failsafe operations of the DE trunked system will always be associated w/ the 156.7 PL (this seems to be the case) and if they will be in analog or digital format. Also, if DE LE units select the I-CALL or I-TACs for direct (non-failsafe-associated) comms w/ other agencies (Queen Annes Co MD units, for example), would the format be analog or digital?

 

[greenthumb]

ITAC and ICALL conventional mutual aid frequencies in the 800 MHz band will always be in the clear in analog mode. I haven't come across a public safety agency that isn't encoding a 156.7 PL on these channels - decode may be another story, but they should be.

 

[doctordave]

OK - thank you.