TPD and PCWIN ... Time Extension Granted

[AZScanner]

Interesting you should mention this. I had a really crazy dream a few months ago where Ebonite bought out Uniden. When the ball wasn't being used for bowling, you could insert a rubber-ducky antenna into the thumb-hole, and it would work as a scanner receiver that received all modes, including encrypted comms. The internal battery was wound by motion, so the more you bowled; thus, the longer the battery life. I can remember rotating the ball on the kitchen table to change from one trunking system to another.

At one point, I seem to remember one police officer talking into a Brunswick Max bowling pin as his portable radio, and then using it to disarm a man with a knife by whacking him over the head with it. Sadly, just before I was awakened by the doorbell, the announcer at the bowling alley read a news bulletin that Storm had merged with GRE, to become GRE-Storm, Inc. Apparently, they were going to offer Hazmat scented bowling balls that receive fire department communications.

What a dream!

73's

Ron

Haha, wow that's some dream! What did you drink/smoke before laying down to sleep?!

-AZ

 

[garys]

Don't eat peperoni pizza before going to bed! :lol:

Interesting you should mention this. I had a really crazy dream a few months ago where Ebonite bought out Uniden. When the ball wasn't being used for bowling, you could insert a rubber-ducky antenna into the thumb-hole, and it would work as a scanner receiver that received all modes, including encrypted comms. The internal battery was wound by motion, so the more you bowled; thus, the longer the battery life. I can remember rotating the ball on the kitchen table to change from one trunking system to another.

At one point, I seem to remember one police officer talking into a Brunswick Max bowling pin as his portable radio, and then using it to disarm a man with a knife by whacking him over the head with it. Sadly, just before I was awakened by the doorbell, the announcer at the bowling alley read a news bulletin that Storm had merged with GRE, to become GRE-Storm, Inc. Apparently, they were going to offer Hazmat scented bowling balls that receive fire department communications.

What a dream!

73's

Ron

 

[sfreiman]

I haven't been following this news until this week. I guess I must have a real life after all! So it sounds like I will be dragged kicking and screaming into digital here in Tucson. Am I reading correctly that the PSR-800 will be the radio to go with? Is fire switching too?

 

[sfreiman]

So are you saying there is a chance in the end that we may not be able to monitor at all here in Pina County (Tucson), as we can't with Marana?

Trying this again. Seems that RR is experiencing 'issues' tonight.
Since none of the scanner manufacturers have announced a radio of handling Motorola TDMA Phase II , you will have wait and see.
Folks I know that are involved in the PCWIN system are saying that there is serious discussion over using encryption for all law enforcement ops on the PCWIN system. I guess it will be a wait and see type of thing. After seeing how long, how very long it took for this system to get this far nothing would surprise me. So It Goes.