nd5y said:
How are they supposed to be listed if "Input" isn't for a mobile transmit frequency?
Well it is not as simple as that, is it?
For a repeater, you list the pair, that is why the column says "Input". If you mouse over the column head you will see that is what the column is for.
For a Duplex operation you use two lines, one for the base, one for the mobile. Now before anyone thinks that is silly, consider this:
- Each side of a communication in a Duplex (not repeated) System is only one side of the conversation and only on one frequency.
- In a Simplex situation, both sides use the same frequency, so you should only have one frequency involved and it should only appear in the Frequency column; you will find errors in this regard also in the DB (with the same frequency in both columns).
- The Web Service provided to subscribers only sends the Frequency column out, so anyone using that to load their scanner is missing half the story on all the DPS Duplex channels. Note the Web Service is correct in this regard, because by definition you don't need the "Input" frequency to monitor a channel.
Common sense dictates that there is no "input" on a non-repeated frequency pair, but new scanner users don't have the experience to recognize such errors.