Home Patrol P-25 Phase II

[magee31]

I assume its probably on here somewhere, but I have been advised some of the calls I listen to will probably switch to P-25 Phase II in the near future, and I am very interested in the new Home Patrol radio to replace my BC 796. I am also advised the new Home Patrol will not receive the P-25 Phase II calls, is that true ? If it doesnt now are later models expected to be able to receive these calls ?

 

[ka3jjz]

I'm sure UPMan will say something similar, but...there really is no 'phase 2' standard yet, AFAIK. All of these implmentations are something of a pre-phase 2 (like a beta, I guess). And as far as I understand it, Phase 2 TDMA requires a whole new approach to the decoding, so I guess the bottom line is no scanner can handle it now, and probably unlikely in the short term. 73 Mike