Nextel? HELP

[pro-97]

What is the Nextal Trs?How come I can not hear it Nextel Trs?

 

[ocguard]

Before Nextel was what it is today (a combination of nationwide push-to-talk and cellular phone), Nextel was a series of LTR trunked systems that were available for lease for local area communications, very similar to community repeaters. It was popular among business such as taxi services, towing, delivery, agriculture, etc. Subscribers would be issues a radio PTT ID for their portable or mobile radio, and assigned to a subfleet.

Some of these systems still exist, but have mostly been phased out in lieu of what Nextel has become today.

The old generation of Nextel systems were monitor-able with a scanner, but modern Nextel is based around IDEN TDMA technology, which is not monitor-able, and if it were, would be illegal to monitor because of FCC rules governing eavesdropping on cellular phone systems.

 

[pro-97]

Thanks so I can not hear Nexel is that what saying?

 

[Dispatcher308]

Yes that is what he is saying you cannot listen to Nextel

 

[pro-97]

Thank You. Why is it in the Database?

 

[ocguard]

The ones listed in the database are the scattered group of legacy (previously existing) Nextel LTR systems and SmartNet I systems that Nextel used prior to their "build-out" of their current system (see above). These systems are monitor-able and track-able with the appropriate scanners, but it's doubtful you'll hear much interesting traffic.

ALSO, you will find many un-monitor-able systems in the database, simply as a reference. This site is a resource for more than just scanner enthusiasts - it is also used by radio system technicians and administrators, etc. For example, all OpenSky systems are not monitor-able by any current scanner, but you'll find a handful of these systems in the database.

 

[James04TJ]

It is also worth noting that many existing community repeaters (conventional and TRS) were purchased by NEXTEL several years ago. After a few years, the customers were sent notices that the systems were being shut down and they would be phased over to the commercial iDEN system with talkgroups (at a higher cost).