Can someone tell me if I can hear duplex communications or is there
something special to it ?? Thanks 100%



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what do you mean by duplex?

a mobile phone is duplex:

i'e it transmits on one freq
&
receives on another

both at the same time.

so two receivers are necessary..

mike

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Can someone tell me if I can hear duplex communications or is there
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Browning Mark FourA wrote in message . ..
Can someone tell me if I can hear duplex communications or is there
something special to it ?? Thanks 100%
Duplex simply means it is a repeater, that has an input and output (RX
and TX), as where simplex is a direct transmission, not using a
repeater. You can of course hear duplex or simplex with any scanner.
Fred Burgess

Fred Burgess wrote:

Browning Mark FourA wrote in message
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Can someone tell me if I can hear duplex communications or is there
something special to it ?? Thanks 100%
Duplex simply means it is a repeater, that has an input and output (RX
and TX), as where simplex is a direct transmission, not using a
repeater. You can of course hear duplex or simplex with any scanner.
Fred Burgess

_Full_ duplex is where you can both speak and hear AT the same time
(like a telephone).

_Half_ duplex is one direction at a time.

Simplex is both sides of the conversation on the same frequency.

Both repeater conversations and "simplex" conversations are _half
duplex_.

Unless a scanner has two receivers, one cannot hear _full_ duplex on it
(because it involves potential traffic on two different frequencies at
once. (unless you want to talk about sidetone and mean nasty things
like that...))

-D
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionar...nary&va=duplex
2 : allowing telecommunication in opposite directions simultaneously

"http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=half%20duplex"
a mode of communication especially with a computer via telephone line in
which information can be sent in only one direction at a time
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enough people to make it worth the effort." -Herm Albright

Unless a scanner has two receivers, one cannot hear _full_ duplex on it

of coure you can, if you're close enough to both transmitting parties.

Just program the 2 or 4 frequencies into your scanner right next to each other.

at least, that's my understanding of it.

Unless a scanner has two receivers, one cannot hear _full_ duplex on it

oops! my mistake. I just realized you meant "full" duplex, where both parties
are talking at the same time.

You are indeed correct that you can not hear that on a scanner.

You can only hear part of it on a scanner.

Donald K wrote in message ...
Thanks Donald for your information. It shows, even after 15 years of
scanning, there are even simple things I did not know.
Fred Burgess
_Full_ duplex is where you can both speak and hear AT the same time
(like a telephone).

_Half_ duplex is one direction at a time.

Simplex is both sides of the conversation on the same frequency.

Both repeater conversations and "simplex" conversations are _half
duplex_.

Unless a scanner has two receivers, one cannot hear _full_ duplex on it
(because it involves potential traffic on two different frequencies at
once. (unless you want to talk about sidetone and mean nasty things
like that...))

-D
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionar...nary&va=duplex
2 : allowing telecommunication in opposite directions simultaneously

"http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=half%20duplex"
a mode of communication especially with a computer via telephone line in
which information can be sent in only one direction at a time

Fred Burgess wrote:

Donald K wrote in message
...
Thanks Donald for your information. It shows, even after 15 years of
scanning, there are even simple things I did not know.
Fred Burgess
Full duplex is where you can both speak and hear AT the same time
(like a telephone).


No worries, this got drilled into my head at work...

-D
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"A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy
enough people to make it worth the effort." -Herm Albright