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Re:Paper maps, two-way radios: how firefighting tech is stuc... by schoolornot on Friday September 18, 2020 @05:04PM (#24521875)
It doesn’t help that the protocols are all proprietary and/or encumbered with patents. An open source version of Brandmeister would go a long, long, way.
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Re:Paper maps, two-way radios: how firefighting tech is stuc... by Aloha on Friday September 18, 2020 @05:21PM (#24521999)
None of the protocols are encumbered, P25 and DMR are both open standards - the audio codecs they use however, are not.

Brandmeister wouldn't fix anything in the public safety space as nothing in public safety is DMR.

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