<div dir="ltr"><div>I believe that the fireground channels (generally simplex) are analogue. At least i've not heard anything to suggest they're digital.<br></div>I have used the new radios during training, they're very nice. The noise cancelling technology in the microphones is really impressive, but for someone who's been using radio for years it's counter-intuitive to start with (you need to talk directly into the mic, as opposed to 'across' it... if you talk across it, you won't be heard).<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 1:01 PM, Radio Scanner <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rs157950@gmail.com" target="_blank">rs157950@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Bit of a shame Tait didn't get the contract, however you can almost
bet these will be DMR channels and afaik there's only a couple of
scanners and certain HT's capable of receiving these channels
otherwise you are stuck with a PC for decoding.<div><div class="h5"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Has the Fire
Service setup a new set of channels that are the same
nationwide like Kiwirail have? (Im not sure on what they
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yes I had tried that and found that earlier.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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