"Another issue is that all aircraft will be digital by 2010 fire season according to a memo I read at the NIFC site."
Thats a very good possibility because the number of aircraft are relatively limited and those radios will be easy to replace. My favorite being the Technisonic units, by far the easiest to use and program. Talking to the ground guys will probably stay analog for years to come however, because where are they going to find the cash to replace every handheld, mobile, base and repeater unit in the federal system and radio caches? There are numerous analog repeaters still in place around the country that don't even have tone codes enabled. I find it hard to believe that with a war going on, there will be the money to make it all happen by 2010. Personally I would love for all the radios to go digital, that way I could set the "digital only" feature on my BCD996T and not hear a bunch of intermod infested open carrier frequencies during my road trips.
In regards to the freq allocations for the Rocky Mnt. region, if anyone happens to come across a recent list, please post. Thanks
Mark