With FDNY moving to a UHF radio system, what will they do with the hundreds of VHF radios they have now? Also, when is the move over date to deactivate the old radio system?
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I thinking Vertex only if they do Type II trunking, otherwise the XTL.
Wonder if the new rear facing BLUE LED warning lights on the new apparatus comes with the new UHF radios .. LOL. FDNY and blue lights, who would have ever saw that coming ...
What radio problems, FDNY and NYPD have what I consider the best radios systems I have ever heard. Simple but work great. Stay away from digital, simplex for fire ground is best, just I don't agree with leaving the radios carrier squelch receive, too much RF noise in the enviroment,
Very cool observation, radioman...a friend from long ago became the Director of Public Safety in a rural VA county. He sunk tons of money into a countywide digital system - that did not work. He lost his job over it.
I did not know and can't believe they use CSQ, though. I have to go decode on my amateur 440 and GMRS gear when I venture into the city because of off the intermod and noise.
Thats because amateur equipment is horrible with intermod. The front ends are so loose that they will pick up any garbage.
FFPM571 is right...When I go down to the city and I want to bring a radio with me to use on one of the 440 freqs down there I bring my HT1000, I don't like using coded squelch on rx on ham freqs, and I have never had a intermod problem with my Motorola with using csq..
roger roger. I have HT1000s set up for GMRS and some 440 freqs, but usually go downtown with Yaesu. I only have one NYC 440 machine programmed, and that one is down most of the time. I should prob program more NYC repeaters in the Moto & leave the Yaesu at home.
Good call..thanks!!