Lincoln, NE - Pricey state radio system catches static on reliability

Thunderbolt · #1 (**permalink**) 12-23-2012, 3:38 AM

LINCOLN, Neb. — By the time a State Patrol SWAT team had arrived on a quiet June morning, a drug addict had already shot up an Alliance, Neb., pharmacy, taken the owner hostage and wounded a local police officer.

Pricey state radio system catches static on reliability - Omaha.com

brey1234 · #2 (**permalink**) 12-26-2012, 3:13 PM

what system is this? Open Sky-p25 etc

Spitfire8520 · #3 (**permalink**) 12-26-2012, 3:39 PM

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Originally Posted by brey1234

what system is this? Open Sky-p25 etc

Database says it's a VHF P25 Phase I system.

Nebraska Wireless Interoperable Network (N-WIN) Trunking System, Statewide, Nebraska - Scanner Frequencies

Radiomantman · #4 (**permalink**) 12-27-2012, 12:52 PM

You should not be useing a repeated channel for a swat call out... 1 every news person countywide would here you. 2 Simplex works best in a situation were you are close. No worries about getting out...

Radiomantman · #5 (**permalink**) 12-27-2012, 12:54 PM

ame goes for a fire ground. I think is dumn to use a repeated fire ground. On a big fire on a business... you may have 20 fireman there but they are never more than 1000 ft away. And command can monitor the disptach channel..

dcr_inc · #6 (**permalink**) 12-28-2012, 10:50 AM

Oh darn... A Moto system thats not 100%.. Lets see the sharks rip this system apart as if it were a Harris system that wasn't 100%..

Motoflightmedic · #7 (**permalink**) 12-30-2012, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Radiomantman

You should not be useing a repeated channel for a swat call out... 1 every news person countywide would here you. 2 Simplex works best in a situation were you are close. No worries about getting out...

You are 1000% correct, especially when you are on a system that is built out for mobile coverage.

PJH · #8 (**permalink**) 12-30-2012, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by dcr_inc

Oh darn... A Moto system thats not 100%.. Lets see the sharks rip this system apart as if it were a Harris system that wasn't 100%..

This system is still not completely built out, and is currently a "mobile" system so-to-speak. There is a large gap between North Platte and Lincoln, and lowband is still used in other places.

The programming templates have also been moved around quite a bit. From people who I have spoken to, it seems like someone was pressured to get subscribers on it without thinking some other aspects out on the system in a structured fleetwide thoughtout manner.

04Z1V6 · #9 (**permalink**) 12-31-2012, 12:04 PM

I don't understand how a state like Colorado can use a p25 system (in much harder terrain) and have half the problems as some of the other states. This is not to say that in some areas they don't have obstacles to over come, but in an area like Nebraska this should be easy.