This link was broken and I can't find the story on the site. Can you post the URL again? Thanks. ... Network First ... Moore said. ... member of the ... ...
In a message dated 3/1/2005 9:57:11 AM Eastern Standard Time, buck530@... writes: This link was broken and I can't find the story on the site. Can you ...
Government Technology Intact Amid Chaos By Jim McKay Mar 02 2005 When Hurricane Bonnie tore through parts of Florida last year, the state was pretty well dug...
In a message dated 3/3/2005 9:34:59 AM Eastern Standard Time, buck530@... writes: When Charley came through, however, things got interesting. Charley ...
EFJ, Inc. announced today that its EFJohnson subsidiary has received an order from the Illinois Emergency Services Management Association. The order, valued...
Your "subject" is a little misleading. Motorola owns several IPR's (intellectual property rights) that MUST be licensed to manufacture Project 25 equipment. ...
Things have gotten better, in large part due to Gov. Minner. She sat for eight years as lieutenant governor while the system virtually fell apart and ...
Why would the state bid an outdoor only system for emergency responders that "most likely" end up in a building with portables without mobile repeaters in the...
More people than I have been saying this since it was originally designed and installed. The "bean counters" got hold of this and wouldn't spend the money...
Lets hope that when Pa's Open Sky voice system goes on line that this does not happen. Bob But big problems became evident immediately after the new radios...
Because the people making the decisions are idiots. Chris ... From: Donald Miller To: PA-800MHZ@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 9:42 AM ...
Cute. A 600mW (max - usually less) phone is covering a 3W (3000mW) portable. Better yet - let's hope PA wises up and goes with a vendor who can deliver or just...
No they weren't idiots...in fact they were visionary. Aside from budgetary constraints at the time, the original users were State Troopers, Del Dept of...
AGAIN, this is what the 800 MHz rebanding is intended to reduce (elimination is impossible). Walter -- worksntv@... wrote: Lets hope that when Pa's Open...
It isn't the subscriber unit. It's the BASE STATIONS which are 35+ watts. ERP's in the 100's of watts. As to upgrading the "existing" system, it's WAY too...
I think the theory is that the cellular bases with 100 Watts per channel are affecting the three watt portables. However on a related subject, there are still...
The base stations on 869-894 MHz are drowning out the portables on 816-824 MHz? remember, the original post said the problem was getting the signal FROM the...
Oakland's new radios pass test City, regional agencies get green light to buy public-safety equipment By Ian Hoffman, STAFF WRITER Inside Bay Area With a...
Penn Township Volunteer Fire Co. is ready to purchase the 800-MHz radios required for the county emergency communications system. But how many it can afford...
Things like this will not be possible once the Open Sky system goes on line ;-( Bob Two magazine solicitors accused of barging into an 80-year-old's Boulder ...
Emergency radio system switches to backup A part of Philadelphia's emergency communications system had to go to a backup system for several hours Saturday...
That's what "they" said about P25 sytems, and before that, trunked systems. And look at the current scanners. Almost all flavors of trunking, AND P25 digital...
I've enjoyed the comments from city officials that state that other cities with this system have also had problems as though that's an excuse. Chris ... From:...
Others said the 800-megahertz system the city chose in 1988 does not work well in cities with hills and ridges that block radio waves. "We knew from day one...
Philadelphia Daily News - EMERGENCY RADIO: $54M LEMON? WHY DOES THE CITY SYSTEM KEEP BREAKING DOWN? HAS THE CITY bought a $54 million lemon? Ever since...
Nobody could afford a system that has "anything less than zero tolerance for failure"!!! Not even the Feds! Higher reliability equates to higher cost. And not...