Message from @redbeard
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All the encryption I’m recommending is digital based
Nobody does analog anymore
P25 is a form of digital modulation, as is DMR/MotoTRBO/Nexedge-NXDN-IDAS
P25 does not mean trunking
Oh okay, like I said, I'll have to figure all that out. Even if I'm under using the radios, just having the capability is nice
Yeah, I'm actually familiar with trunking and P25... I do alot of scanning of the public safety stuff around here
Ok when you were talking about requiring infrastructure and what not, i wanted to make sure you knew p25 could be used simplex radio-to-radio or via a digital capable repeater too. As well as trunking can also be analog like my local power station.
I would consider a repeater of any sort "infrastructure"
Just by definition... I didn't mean like government equipment
Sure it is technically
I have a vhf p25 repeater sitting here I’m trying to decide what to do with
Yeah, p25 is just the standard
That I know
Everything I do or really plan on needing is simplex device to device anyway.... don't really have people here that would buy that gear
That's why I'm gonna buy 2 of the APX units
Oh there are two 4000 models too, a one-knob and a two-knob. I have the single and can’t decide if i like it better or not.
At least I can hand one to someone and have that route
Oh yeah simplex portable to portable or mobile to portable is the most likely use in this crowd
Or god help us a couple of buttfungs cabled together so they can interfere with each other
Yeah, and hopefully if I have the two and get it all setup that'll convince some of my friends to sell a gun and buy one, haha
Yeah gotta get your friends in on it
I meant 10 bad reasons to make a repeater out of baofucks
First and foremost above all else is one thing most people have never heard about. Duty Cycle.
I mean... they serve their purpose
And you can't beat dirt cheap if you're only using FRS channels anyway
I’d never bet my life on a piece of shit with less quality than a kids toy
It’s literally the ‘only wrong answers’ meme if you asked someone to design a radio
Lol
If you’re poor and that’s all you can do then so be it.
But if you can spend $$$thousands on a gun, and the radio you buy is a bingbong, that’s just out of ignorance
I'm far from a poor, but I still use them 🤷♂️
But again if I can get a good quality APX and still use the channels everyone is on, then that's what I'm gonna do
No argument about the failure rate
I’m proud to say I’ve never owned one. But the couple i programmed for a guy i hated the whole time.
I’d like to think I’d never buy one, but if i was given a couple i would keep them for random shit.
The fact they are dual band is nice, until recently that was an advantage only hams had. I tend to stick to vhf mostly for it’s range. But most of my sneaky small team shit tends to happen on uhf for various reasons. So really this 4000 for me is a holdover until i can get an 8000
Anyone on have experience with riot.im? https://about.riot.im/
Yeah, seems to be a good entry level into mission critical comms
Thanks for the info by the way
Sure happy to share