I was talking to a wrecker driver the other day and he mentioned that he was changing his scanner due to the movement to 900 MHz. Is there a movement to those frequencies or what is the trend here?
900 MHz?
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nd5y
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No trend that I have heard of. Probably just his company moved.
wtp
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the band
search through 935 to 940.
search through 935 to 940.
KI4RDO
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Are they switching to a 900 mhz LMR service I know we've got a few on DMR and NXDN
Darkstar350
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Sounds like it could be "PDV Wireless" which is a huge 900mhz DMR network in many areas across the nation...
IT could be their company. Didn't know if there was planned move by law enforcement or responders. I need to budget for a scanner upgrade eventually, and was hoping for later rather than sooner.
Yeah, probably migrating to PDV or a similar system (not seeing any ID'ed sites in Utah). Some Philly area tow & auto parts delivery services base their ops here
https://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?sid=8344
https://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?sid=8344
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nd5y
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No. There are no public safety frequencies in the 900 MHz band and not likely they would rent airtime on a commercial SMR system for anything mission critical.
Darkstar350
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I wouldnt suspect a public safety agency to rent air time on a commercial 900mhz system either
Possibly a security company or ambulette type services or maybe a very small township but thats about it
To each their own however
Why i estimated PDV was due to the fact they have many towers across many states and have possibly the largest 900mhz system in the nation at the moment - but it could be a separate radio company
Whats happening recently is Sprint is auctioning off the former Nextel frequencies so radio companies would definitely want to get their hands on some 900mhz freqs
Just like for a while they would do LTR or Motorola systems - looking to the future they will most likely be digital DMR or Nexedge systems
In my area (NY/NJ tri state) there is even a electric utility who is building out a 900mhz P25 system
Possibly a security company or ambulette type services or maybe a very small township but thats about it
To each their own however
Why i estimated PDV was due to the fact they have many towers across many states and have possibly the largest 900mhz system in the nation at the moment - but it could be a separate radio company
Whats happening recently is Sprint is auctioning off the former Nextel frequencies so radio companies would definitely want to get their hands on some 900mhz freqs
Just like for a while they would do LTR or Motorola systems - looking to the future they will most likely be digital DMR or Nexedge systems
In my area (NY/NJ tri state) there is even a electric utility who is building out a 900mhz P25 system
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