Concerning _TWRA_, Scott Christensen said to Troy H. Cheek in SCANRADIO:
 SC> They are probably using digital Spectra/Astro radios from Motorola
 SC> and have gone to digital voice on the same channel.  There are some
 SC> advantages - you can't tell what is being said on a scanner and the
 SC> signal is clear till it degrades to "nothing" - there is no noise.
 SC> 
 SC> However, the range is just a bit less than the (noisy) regular FM
 SC> fringe reception.
Well, that's the thing.  With the previous setup, one officer could be in a 
boat on "Booger Lake" and talk to another in "The Hole".  (Translated: from 
the northwest corner of TN to the southeast corner.)  I can't see them 
switching to another system that would have worse reception in fringe areas.  
Large parts of Tennessee are nothing but fringe areas.  :-)
Besides, the sounds I'm hearing on the old frequency are shorter and a *lot* 
less frequent than what I used to hear.
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