It's come to my attention that a few members may be posting advertisements for their business in an aggressive manner. For example, they may not be interacting with the other members in a productive way, only pushing their products or services.
I think it's a good time to enact a new policy for the forums whereby member advertising is prohibited without written consent from me, the owner. I don't mind a simple signature line that includes your company name, but I do not want to allow posts that are advertising your business. We cannot be held responsible for these posts and we certainly do not endorse any companies other than our approved advertisers.
If you'd like to advertise with us, please get in touch with me to discuss. I'm very flexible on rates; doesn't matter if you're a small company or large.
Our moderators Gary, William and Scott, as well as myself, reserve the right to edit or remove any posts which serve as an advertising platform that isn't approved by me. This serves to protect the other members as well as myGMRS and its parent company, RepeaterFinder, LLC.
Don't let it get you down. There's a lot of things to learn when you're starting out in radio. If you're looking to monitor a frequency, you need to know a few things about it. 1. the frequency-this may be a single frequency (conventional), multiple conventional channels used for different needs or multiple channels used in a trunking system. 2. Is it analog or digital? If digital, what type? P25, DMR, NXDN, iDAS, etc. 3. Is it "in the clear" or encrypted? If encrypted, give up now.
Once you have those answers, the next question is; how am I going to listen? If you're looking for a base to monitor one channel or system, the dongle suggestion above is probably your best bet as it can decode many of the digital modes as well as analog. If you need a portable solution, you'll need to look at scanners with the frequency range and capabilities you require. Uniden is scheduled to make an announcement tomorrow that many are speculating that they will have a firmware update that allows DMR decoding, but as of right now, the only digital mode scanners will receive is P25. for any of the other modes, you would need to buy a portable radio capable of the mode. If it's a trunked system that's not P25, even a portable capable of working on the system won't work as it has to be authenticated onto the system by the administrator.
I know it's a lot, but the more you learn, the easier it gets.
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