Why do scanners seem to never loose their value?

[YalekW]

I guess the better response is because the older scanners of yesteryear are basically extremely famous now. Take for example the pro 2006 or 2042. I have both of those and they are probably some of the most amazing piece of electronics you could ever buy and if you were lucky enough, have.
I would not be surprised if the rare stuff such as the older stuff would actually start going up in price because of how amazing this hobby is.

 

[Direwolf131]

You complain, but you Pay for the Premium access..... I don't get it.

Take Two Aspirin and enjoy the hobby - that's what it is a HOBBY

Your comment is dripping with contempt, very likely your politics explains such, but know this, these agencies possess no constitutional rights whatsoever to use our airwaves and hide themselves from us, its entirely a creature of fascism, and its the undeniable trending of a particular political party that has encouraged such, and its NOT remotely just a hobby, its the primary mechanism we have for holding them accountable!!!

They are not constitutionally allowed to do any of this, but we have deadbeats, or worse, fascist enablers within this community, including the site itself which have either a vested economic interest in helping the fascists encrypt forcing out Americans, inclkuding the membership of these forums from pursuing lawful monitoring of these comms on their own, while at same time working out deals with the fascists to have the only access allowed via this site!

 

[pb_lonny]

Your comment is dripping with contempt, very likely your politics explains such, but know this, these agencies possess no constitutional rights whatsoever to use our airwaves and hide themselves from us, its entirely a creature of fascism, and its the undeniable trending of a particular political party that has encouraged such, and its NOT remotely just a hobby, its the primary mechanism we have for holding them accountable!!!

They are not constitutionally allowed to do any of this, but we have deadbeats, or worse, fascist enablers within this community, including the site itself which have either a vested economic interest in helping the fascists encrypt forcing out Americans, inclkuding the membership of these forums from pursuing lawful monitoring of these comms on their own, while at same time working out deals with the fascists to have the only access allowed via this site!

I am not sure what you are on....

Anyway, back to the original question, has anybody tested what happens when two TG are active at the same time on the same frequency?

 

[ecps92]

I am not sure what you are on....

Anyway, back to the original question, has anybody tested what happens when two TG are active at the same time on the same frequency?

Depends

IS it a Digital Repeater ? Two Slots ?
If programmed correctly by the System owners, same as occurs with P25 Phase II trunking
One Frequency can/does share two voice slots

 

[KevinC]

As this thread isn't about encryption how about we get back on topic.

 

[ecps92]

While I'm not here to go off topic into encryption, I can explain why some agencies have decided to do encryption.
You can thank the stricter use of HIPAA. That sets of laws has a crap ton of regulations that are being practiced throughout the scope of the agencies.
Healthcare facilities, like the one I work for, are not allowed to say certain things in their NXDN4800 radios. They can't say residents names, only apartment numbers. Same can go for house addresses. That info is private and should be protected unless if you want to say "4800 block of herman road", instead of "4824 South Herman road SE".

Same goes with my pager studies. They are encrypting pager traffic with uses of cyphers, base 64, binary/hex, etc.

This thread is not the BIG-E (Not the Fair) nor the HIPAA thread and HIPAA is not to blame for PII going or not going over the air.

 

[GlobalNorth]

Scanners? Pshaw!

Go to a hamfest and see what a 60 year old analog only AM/SSB/RTTY/CW transmitter goes for now. No waterfall, no FT8, no speaker, no Anderson Power Poles, etc. Only a 25 pound+ transformer, hard to get tubes, 60/40 rosin core lead solder, hand soldered components, 12 gausge steel housing, etc. behemoth in mass and pricing.

The ascending prices of these items is frankly astounding.

 

[garys]

"Goes for" implies that a lot of that stuff sells. Back a few years ago when I went to multiple flea markets each year my friend and I would comment that some of the stuff for "sale" must be bolted to the tables to make it easier for the seller to set up. Over priced stuff much of which would be rejected at the town dump.

There are a items out there that are worth buying, but there is a lot more that people hold on to and then are shocked that no one wants it.

There is a lot of nostalgia about scanners, but a lot of them are as antiquated as Motorola Twin V.

Scanners? Pshaw!
Go to a hamfest and see what a 60 year old analog only AM/SSB/RTTY/CW transmitter goes for now. No waterfall, no FT8, no speaker, no Anderson Power Poles, etc. Only a 25 pound+ transformer, hard to get tubes, 60/40 rosin core lead solder, hand soldered components, 12 gausge steel housing, etc. behemoth in mass and pricing.

The ascending prices of these items is frankly astounding.