atms169
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I am wondering, I have been listening to an APCO25 freq on 146.895 Mhz yet, my BC895 will not decode it. Is this because I have no control channel for this frequency punched in?
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No, your 895 will not "decode it" because it is digital. The 895 is not a digital capable scanner. Plus who are the amateur radio guys in town running P25?!atms169 said:I am wondering, I have been listening to an APCO25 freq on 146.895 Mhz yet, my BC895 will not decode it. Is this because I have no control channel for this frequency punched in?
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I'm an idiot, no I am running a BC396T and I am not sure what version of software it is, I have not updated it in months. Maybe it has something to do with it?MatteBlack said:No, your 895 will not "decode it" because it is digital. The 895 is not a digital capable scanner. Plus who are the amateur radio guys in town running P25?!
I have heard something similar in Edmonton. I found a couple of hams using some digital convertor sold by a third party company. My 396T would not decode it but another convertor did.atms169 said:I'm an idiot, no I am running a BC396T and I am not sure what version of software it is, I have not updated it in months. Maybe it has something to do with it?
Well if you listen in the Calgary, AB area you will hear it every so often. I get a solid signal on my scanner and can here the transmissions (Just like CPS digital) and when I switch it to APCO mode I just get silence and yet, the signal bars are full scale.
Who's amateur?
Oh hams ok... Well I heard it again this evening and it still was a no go decoding it. I also did a google search and found this:brechtd said:I have heard something similar in Edmonton. I found a couple of hams using some digital convertor sold by a third party company. My 396T would not decode it but another convertor did.
Your comments sum up my thoughts on D-STAR completely.STiMULi said:It is a whogivesadamnmode that will probably die because it is proprietary and to my knowledge currenly used in ham radio only.