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BCT15X P25 Upgrade
I've got a BCT15X in my truck mounted in a console with a custom faceplate. I'm interested in upgrading to P25 digital capability, but need something that fits the same mount. I've looked at the BCD996P2, which looks to be the same box with more capability. I've seen a lot of talk about the SDS200, but I don't know if it is the same DIN form factor to fit my mount.
Suggestions? -- 73, Michael WA7SKG "Any day you do not learn one new thing is a wasted day."
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Re: "BOLO" reports for Sanra have started
About 10min ago, 0655Z 25Dec20, he was reported over Mexico by the USAF who track him every xmas
Another terrific NDB day in Nebraska! Don More Live & Recorded Radio Fun and a Whole Lot More! Don KPC6NDB Gothenburg, NE N40.9 W100.1 2600ft DN90ww BC1206CM Bearcat DX1000 FRG-100B FunCube Dongle Pro+ ICF2010 Perseusx3 WR-G303e WR-G31DDCx7 SDRplay RSP2pro R70 R71A w/250Hz R75x2 w/250Hz R7000 G5-SSB PL-360 PRN1000x2 SDR-IQ SPR-4 SSR-1 w/NDB mod SR-AF & LPF DSP599zx MFJ-784B HD-1418 AF-1 MSB-1 PA0RDT-MWx4 1@18ft 1@24ft DXE-ARAV3-1Px4 RYOAA McKay Dymek DA-100 AAx3 Z1501F Russian MW 111 Vintage ADF/RDF 2529 Lifetime logs +66k logs submitted On 24-Dec-20 19:14, Thomas Luce via
groups.io wrote:
5:00 pm in Los Angeles. "BOLO" reports for Santa have started with the LAPD.
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"BOLO" reports for Santa have started
Thomas Luce
5:00 pm in Los Angeles. "BOLO" reports for Santa have started with the LAPD.
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Re: Looking into Uniden
Admin: This is a phishing expedition, appearing in multiple groups, please take the usual precautions. Rick NK7I
On 11/18/2020 11:10 AM, michal.gordon
via groups.io wrote:
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Re: Looking into Uniden
Joe M.
Do you know what types of systems are in your area?
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On 11/18/2020 2:10 PM, michal.gordon via groups.io wrote:
Hi everyone.
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Re: Looking into Uniden
I just did Michal after years of not having the requisite knowledge to program my PRO-197. It was not inexpensive but we'll worth the cost. The Uniden software programming is free.
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From: "michal.gordon via groups.io" <michal.gordon@...>
Date: 11/18/20 12:20 PM (GMT-08:00)
To: main@Uniden.groups.io
Subject: [Uniden] Looking into Uniden
Hi everyone. I'm looking into getting into Uniden. Any thoughts or tips on how to go about it? Thanks,
Michal
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Re: Looking into Uniden
Bernard Skoch
Michal,
I'm not sure what you mean exactly by "getting into Uniden." Is there a particular model you are considering? Are you transitioning from Whistler or some other line? Are there particular types of systems/objects you want to monitor, or a specific location?
Regards,
Bernie Skoch
-----Original Message-----
From: michal.gordon via groups.io <michal.gordon@...> To: main@Uniden.groups.io Sent: Wed, Nov 18, 2020 1:10 pm Subject: [Uniden] Looking into Uniden Hi everyone.
I'm looking into getting into Uniden. Any thoughts or tips on how to go about it?
Thanks,
Michal
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Looking into Uniden
michal.gordon@...
Hi everyone. I'm looking into getting into Uniden. Any thoughts or tips on how to go about it? Thanks, Michal
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Re: Uniden Sentinel missing some CA Trunked systems?
Joe Polcari
Maybe we should push the media – actually, don’t some of them get to listen in on encrypted stuff too?
From: <main@Uniden.groups.io> on behalf of John Harris <jharris58@...>
You would think that in these times LE would want to be transparent (in the clear). I'm surprised the media isn't pushing that issue.
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Re: Uniden Sentinel missing some CA Trunked systems?
Bernard Skoch
They have been pushing it. But protecting the tactical nature of many LE operations has won the argument so far.
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From: John Harris <jharris58@...> To: main@uniden.groups.io Sent: Tue, Oct 6, 2020 7:34 am Subject: Re: [Uniden] Uniden Sentinel missing some CA Trunked systems? You would think that in these times LE would want to be transparent (in the clear). I'm surprised the media isn't pushing that issue.
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Re: Uniden Sentinel missing some CA Trunked systems?
John Harris
You would think that in these times LE would want to be transparent (in the clear). I'm surprised the media isn't pushing that issue.
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Re: Uniden Sentinel missing some CA Trunked systems?
Gigu chan
Really… Wow.. I never these groups had this much clout. Thank you for the reply.
Cheers
From: main@Uniden.groups.io <main@Uniden.groups.io> On Behalf Of Bernard Skoch via groups.io
Sent: Monday, October 5, 2020 14:43 To: jim@...; main@Uniden.groups.io Subject: Re: [Uniden] Uniden Sentinel missing some CA Trunked systems?
Journalists, photographers, and citizen safety advocates. -----Original Message----- On 10/04/2020 21:04, Gigu chan wrote: All, I’m curious You said there was an outcry from Various sources… I’m curious.. who could raise such a stink to cause a LE Organization to back pedal?
-- 73-------------------------------------Jim Walls - K6CCCjim@...Ofc: 818-548-4804http://members.dslextreme.com/users/k6ccc/AMSAT Member 32537 - WSWSS Member 395
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Re: Uniden Sentinel missing some CA Trunked systems?
An article from the Oct 2019 LA Times regarding the "unencryption"
https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/entertainment/story/2019-10-10/decrypting-o-c-firefighter-radios-so-the-public-can-listen-is-taking-longer-than-expected Scott AC2FV
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Re: Uniden Sentinel missing some CA Trunked systems?
LE encryption needs are debatable; though there
ARE a few specific times to encrypt (undercover, SWAT).
Encryption doesn't lend to the open public view of the agency
and tends to cause mistrust in those that want to listen in
(what are they hiding?). It shouldn't be debated here in any
case (waste of expelled vapor, time or effort). When fire needs to encrypt (even more rarely)
it's often punted to a cell phone (arson investigation being
primary) Being able to clearly listen to both not only
makes interoperability simpler (cross agency/discipline) it also
allows the general public a little more lead time when something
goes down, shelter in place for active shooter; start moving the
livestock for an evacuation and even the mundane; to be aware of
events in/near your neighborhood (Sam is drunk again and
slapping his wife around; fire/medical down the street and these
days 'peaceful protestors' creating havoc) to react
appropriately. Having spent a career in fire, being
situationally aware is in my DNA. I will add that requiring dispatch to either
relay to another dispatcher or set up a link (patch) between
radio networks, has not exactly worked well for LE. I'm in N
ID, within 30 miles of two state lines and the country border,
listened to a FUBAR 3 state high speed chase (100+), a mix of
analog and P25, some unencrypted, a 4 agency 'blend'). WA(SP)
to ID(ISP) to MT(SP) with Shoshone and Kootenai counties, almost
all on disparate systems... a comms disaster; they ALL had to
hear/talk to each other... and couldn't. The perp eventually
ran out of fuel, just before MT (big hill, twisty climb) and got
pounced on. Having the switch to quickly turn off encryption
(better 'spatch training too) would make such cases so much
better for LE and safer for the public (catch the miscreant
quicker) since (my point in this story) most LE vehicles (here)
also have scanners (to bypass the middleman and hear directly).
Encryption denies LE (public safety) to better do their job. Rick NK7I
On 10/5/2020 11:36 AM, Jim Walls wrote:
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Re: Uniden Sentinel missing some CA Trunked systems?
Bernard Skoch
Journalists, photographers, and citizen safety advocates. .
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Walls <jim@...> To: main@Uniden.groups.io Sent: Mon, Oct 5, 2020 1:36 pm Subject: Re: [Uniden] Uniden Sentinel missing some CA Trunked systems? On 10/04/2020 21:04, Gigu chan wrote:
All,
I’m curious You said there was an outcry from
Various sources… I’m curious.. who could raise such a
stink to cause a LE Organization to back pedal?
It wasn't Law Enforcement. LE in Orange county has been full time encrypted for MANY years. Fire was not. When they migrated to the P-25 system, fire got changed to encrypted - without (as I understand it) anyone in the fire organizations knowing that was going to happen. There was a huge backlash from the fire agencies to switch fire back to clear. Law still is encrypted.
Got that right! -- 73 ------------------------------------- Jim Walls - K6CCC jim@... Ofc: 818-548-4804 http://members.dslextreme.com/users/k6ccc/ AMSAT Member 32537 - WSWSS Member 395
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Re: Uniden Sentinel missing some CA Trunked systems?
Jim Walls
On 10/04/2020 21:04, Gigu chan wrote:
It wasn't Law Enforcement. LE in Orange county has been full time encrypted for MANY years. Fire was not. When they migrated to the P-25 system, fire got changed to encrypted - without (as I understand it) anyone in the fire organizations knowing that was going to happen. There was a huge backlash from the fire agencies to switch fire back to clear. Law still is encrypted.
Got that right! -- 73 ------------------------------------- Jim Walls - K6CCC jim@... Ofc: 818-548-4804 http://members.dslextreme.com/users/k6ccc/ AMSAT Member 32537 - WSWSS Member 395
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Re: Uniden Sentinel missing some CA Trunked systems?
Not just scannerheads, but news media (MUCH harder to track to scoop), amateur radio ops (inter-related on safety issues), off duty fire (gotta listen to be quick on that OT call) and smaller groups like neighborhood watch. Again, I've not heard that they relented, only that they were going to relent. I'm a thousand miles away so I don't listen. 73,
On 10/4/2020 9:04 PM, Gigu chan wrote:
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Re: Uniden Sentinel missing some CA Trunked systems?
If memory serves correctly, and with my age getting up there, that’s a question! But I think I remember reading that many complained that they encrypted fire, along with everything else. People who lived in wildfire areas, and monitored fire comms via scanners were very upset. OC relented.
But I could be very wrong about this, so don’t take this as fact. Scott AC2FV Scott Conover Email: xtraham@... Amateur Call: AC2FV GMRS Call:WQRD399 RACES ID: 2-002 ARES AEC, Town of Huntington SkyWarn: 19-36-NYC CERT O|||||O
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Re: Uniden Sentinel missing some CA Trunked systems?
Gigu chan
All, I’m curious You said there was an outcry from Various sources… I’m curious.. who could raise such a stink to cause a LE Organization to back pedal? I know a bunch of Scanner enthusiasts don’t have that kind of clout… or maybe they do? Cheers Gig N2GIG
Cheers
From: main@Uniden.groups.io <main@Uniden.groups.io> On Behalf Of Rick NK7I
Sent: Sunday, October 4, 2020 16:25 To: main@Uniden.groups.io Subject: Re: [Uniden] Uniden Sentinel missing some CA Trunked systems?
If memory serves (sometimes it does), OC went encrypted last year. There was much hue and cry from various sources and OC relented to not use encryption. However I've not seen any mention of the network being heard since then; some issues between vendor and buyer, it became political, slowing the entire process. If it is still encrypted, you won't hear anything. By now, the database should have picked up (and corrected) any change of frequencies. Regards, On 10/4/2020 10:59 AM, Joe M. wrote:
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Re: Uniden Sentinel missing some CA Trunked systems?
richard@...
An Area Code in the LA Area.
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From: main@Uniden.groups.io <main@Uniden.groups.io> On Behalf Of Joe M. Sent: Sunday, October 4, 2020 1:21 PM To: main@Uniden.groups.io Subject: Re: [Uniden] Uniden Sentinel missing some CA Trunked systems? Not sure what an 818# means. If you mean a frequency of 818 MHz, that is an input frequency and is not used on scanners. Use the output of 863. Joe M. On 10/4/2020 2:23 PM, richard@... wrote: Did I see you have an 818 #? I ask because I don't want to repeat what you already know. We were in the area that had to switch some frequencies with Nextel. At that same time the Countywide System was nearing 10 years old. Each organization in the County that is a stake holder had to put in their share of the infrastructure cost. Nextel paid its share of the total cost. The stakeholders opted to update the entire system including handhelds, base stations and our share of the system front end including, antennas, microwaves. I retired near the end of planning.
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