Thanks, I'll check the version after the update to make sure it took.
Here's something extra I just found. Rebanding is for United States only and NOT Canada. If you own an older scanner in Canada and use Motorola Trunking in the 800 MHz band, it should still work fine. If you think your older non rebanding scanner is no good anymore, sell it to someone in Canada. So if you live in Canada, no need to reband your scanner. I think rebanding scanners that can be rebanded gives you the flexibility to change the offset for the new frequencies but you can also used the old systems too.
This is the article I found on the Government of Canada Website.
"Another example of differences between Canadian band plans is the recent U.S. rebanding of the 800 MHz band. The United States moved its public safety users to the lower part of the band, whereas Canada has maintained them in the upper part of the band. In this case, there was no need for a change, as Canada did not encounter the same inference issues and the equipment would remain available."
Full item here:
Radio Spectrum Inventory: A 2010 Snapshot — Canada - Spectrum management and telecommunications
3.2.4 Comparison with the United States
In general, the Canadian land mobile bands align with the U.S. land mobile bands. Although the bands themselves are aligned, the way that the bands are used may not align with the United States. In some cases, there are different users, different channelling, a different duplex and trunking scheme, as well as different technical criteria for these bands in Canada and the United States.
For the most part, the United States has set up its land mobile bands for different users and users are limited to using designated channels. In Canada, some bands are designated for particular users, but those users are not limited to those bands. For example, the band 162-174 MHz is a National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) band in the United States and can only be used by federal users, whereas in Canada, it can be used by any type of user.
Another example of differences between Canadian band plans is the recent U.S. rebanding of the 800 MHz band. The United States moved its public safety users to the lower part of the band, whereas Canada has maintained them in the upper part of the band. In this case, there was no need for a change, as Canada did not encounter the same inference issues and the equipment would remain available.
In the more recently released land mobile bands, the channelling and duplexing schemes are aligned between Canada and the United States, but in some of the older bands, such as the VHF band, these schemes do not align due to the number of users and the cost that would be involved in harmonizing with the United States.
The technical criteria for land mobile systems in Canada are often different from those in the United States. The equipment certification standards are harmonized, but the allowable power levels and the interference criteria are often different.
