I know this was discussed in the New York Forum about the new MTA- Metro North LTR Passport radio system. I was wondering if anyone near Stamford, Bridgeport, or New Haven has started to hear activity on this new system.
i think that the talk was nationwide push for nextedge trunking for railroad agencies, if you look into the railroad forum, i think there is a thread in there about it,
but i heard Kenwood nextedge, not to sure when or why?
As usual there is little being worked on or at least know to the people in the radio shop.
As far as the MTA Police, we're working on a talkgroup in the C,S,P, system for CT units.
Well, it sounds like MTA police have access to the CSP system. I just heard one on Troop G while they were dealing with a suicidal party on the highway in West Haven. First time I have heard them on it.
There's some discussion here: RAILROAD.NET • View topic - MTA- Metro North new LTR Trunked Radio System???
For all interested, the trunking system has been put back on the shelf for now. We do have 2 sites with another ready in a few weeks connected via our in house fiber. For right now only the radio shops will be using it, both in analog and NXDN. There seems to be some misgivings about building it, since everybody has a cell. In my opinion not very smart, just look what happened during the blackout in 2004. Most cell sites went down, or you couldn't make a call from the overload.