Narrow banding!
Hello.
There is now crates of that stuff available!
California narrow banded its highway patrol setups.
This is a low band radio and a VHF high or UHF mobile repeater and talkie.
I went to Humboldt county just a few days ago to get some of this.
In Texas they switched to P-25 and all of the VHF high and UHF stuff is available.
The big problem is not the RIB, the box that connects your radio to the computer, that is easy, it is the software (RSS).
I did get the CHP stuff going, but Motorola RSS is a real pain, even once you get it!
But, yes, look around, so far I have had to pay nothing more than perhaps a case of beer.
I do very poorly with local law enforcement but super good with DPS, (State police).
So, I no longer have contacts to get 800/900 MHz and am stuck getting the far more useful VHF/UHF stuff!
I breath fire so i do benefits for DPS and the like, they are happy, I am happy, everybody is happy.
Note that I resigned from law enforcement and have no authority as a LEO, not that it mattered, the only thing I ever did was the parades and the like, PR only.
Yet I have been able to do far better!