Subject: [NEXTEL-1] : RE Poll: Is APCO-25 An Appropriate Technology forPublic Safety?

From: Marcel <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 15:18:07 -0500

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   From: John Powell <[email-masked]>
Subject: RE: Poll: Is APCO-25 An Appropriate Technology forPublic Safety?

Have you ever tried to communicate on an ACSB radio at freeway speeds?  Washington State
Patrol did some tests a while back using the popular commercial units in the 220 MHz
band.  Not only could you not understand what was being said, you could not even tell the
gender of the speaker!

John

At 03:28 PM 1/21/2003 -0500, Todd Ellis wrote:

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> David:
>
> Minor difference in opinion.  ACSB works well in a 6.25 channel and is completely
> analog.  Yes, FM does not work, but other modes (like ACSB and digital) do work.
>
> Todd Ellis