GRE, the makers of the popular "PSR" line of digital trunking scanners, is displaying two new scanner models at the CES 2012 show....
The PSR-120, an 800mhz conventional-only analog scanner, appears to be a direct answer to Uniden's new BC125AT. The PSR-120 is a "bank" scanner, in that it features 10 "banks" of channels that can be scanned individually. The PSR-120 appears to support PL/DPL decoding, but no alpha tagging.
The PSR-900, a simplified mobile version of the popular PSR-800, is also new for 2012. The PSR-900 features a removable remote control head with two magnets in the rear that can attach to any metal surface. The PSR-900 appears to support all the features of the popular PSR-800 handheld, including P25 Digital, most popular trunking formats, and the integration of a 2GB SD card for virtually unlimited storage.
Link to Radioreference PSR-120 Discussion Thread
Link to Radioreference PSR-900 Discussion Thread
Link to Radioreference GRE at CES 2012 Thread (with photos)
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Yaesu announces P25 Amateur Radios for 2012
I found an interesting surprise today when I woke up, in the form of a new product line announcement from Yaesu. We all know that Yaesu, and more specifically their Vertex-Standard product line was purchased by Motorola a couple of years ago.
What's interesting about today's announcement is that it would seem that Yaesu is no attempting to steer US amateur radio operators towards C4FM (P25) Phase-I and Phase-II modulation rather than D-Star.
This is exciting news for those of us (a minority for sure) that are currently using P25 equipment for amateur radio.
Yaesu's document "A Digital Communications Guide for Amateur Radio Operators" can be obtained here:
http://www.yaesu.com/indexVS.cfm?cmd=DisplayProducts&ProdCatID=111&encProdID=8B1A771611E9963B6AB769C0EC0F6B68&DivisionID=65&isArchived=0
Yaesu states in this document that a C4FM (FDMA) mobile and portable will become available in early 2012, followed by a C4FM (TDMA) radio.
What's interesting about today's announcement is that it would seem that Yaesu is no attempting to steer US amateur radio operators towards C4FM (P25) Phase-I and Phase-II modulation rather than D-Star.
This is exciting news for those of us (a minority for sure) that are currently using P25 equipment for amateur radio.
Yaesu's document "A Digital Communications Guide for Amateur Radio Operators" can be obtained here:
http://www.yaesu.com/indexVS.cfm?cmd=DisplayProducts&ProdCatID=111&encProdID=8B1A771611E9963B6AB769C0EC0F6B68&DivisionID=65&isArchived=0
Yaesu states in this document that a C4FM (FDMA) mobile and portable will become available in early 2012, followed by a C4FM (TDMA) radio.
Friday, December 16, 2011
PSRG Forum goes online
I am happy to announce that that Triad Public Safety Radio Group forum has now gone online, and is accessible at http://forums.tpsrg.com/ .
I encourage anyone interested in the group to register on the forums and contribute!
I encourage anyone interested in the group to register on the forums and contribute!
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Uniden announces new BC125AT scanner
From time to time, we will be posting new product announcements that may be of interest to our members and readers.......
On November 16th, Uniden announced the BC125AT scanner. This 500-channel conventional analog-only scanner includes full VHF and UHF coverage (including Military Air), alpha tags, CTCSS/DCS decode, multiple search modes, and various other useful features.
While it does not include trunking of any kind or support for any digital modes, it is sure to be popular with those users that are wishing for a simple scanner for aircraft monitoring or those that live in areas were conventional analog radio systems are still used.
Check out Uniden's product announcement over at radioreference.com for a complete list of specifications for this scanner...
Link to Radioreference.com BC125AT Discussion Thread
On November 16th, Uniden announced the BC125AT scanner. This 500-channel conventional analog-only scanner includes full VHF and UHF coverage (including Military Air), alpha tags, CTCSS/DCS decode, multiple search modes, and various other useful features.
While it does not include trunking of any kind or support for any digital modes, it is sure to be popular with those users that are wishing for a simple scanner for aircraft monitoring or those that live in areas were conventional analog radio systems are still used.
Check out Uniden's product announcement over at radioreference.com for a complete list of specifications for this scanner...
Link to Radioreference.com BC125AT Discussion Thread
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Welcome
Hello Everyone....
This being the first entry into the Triad Public Safety Radio Group blog, I would like to welcome all the visitors here to the official PSRG blog.
This blog will be used for keeping group members and the general public up to date with the latest group news and for now, updates on the organization of the group.
Please check back soon for more updates.
This being the first entry into the Triad Public Safety Radio Group blog, I would like to welcome all the visitors here to the official PSRG blog.
This blog will be used for keeping group members and the general public up to date with the latest group news and for now, updates on the organization of the group.
Please check back soon for more updates.
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