bill4long
Member
What I’m saying is if they allowed Digital on GMRS, how does that affect anyone? Those that want to use digital use digital and those that don’t do not. Those that want to chit chat with others that they don’t know, can buy both. Those that don’t want to chit chat with others, can buy either analog or digital depending on their wants and add filters so that they don’t hear anyone else which is what they do with analog anyway.
I don’t see how allowing digital is forcing anyone to do anything.
Well, I think I understand his point. It's a lot easier (and cheaper) for analog users using CTCSS or DCS to figure out who is interfering, thus making cooperation easier. With digital, if you allow, say, DMR and P25, then if there is interference that requires cooperation to fix, the DMR user is probably going to have to get a P25 radio just to figure out who the other party is. That's expensive. So, I would have to come down on the side of a single digital standard, not a free for all. Given the efficiency and low cost options of DMR, I would probably be in favor of that. (If anyone is burning red hot with the desire to use P25 or NXDN or whatever, just get a land-mobile license and be done with it.) Of course, analog users will be in the same boat if digital users are interfering, regardless of the standard. So I think it makes more sense if the FCC created some GMRS digital-only channels with a single digital standard. That would get us to digital, leave the analog users as they are, and simplify cooperation.
Come on, FCC! Give us GMRS-D!
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