SCHUYL CO UPGRADE DELAYED

Testing on the $16 million upgrades to Schuylkill County's public safety communications network has pushed the upgrade project completion date back about six months.

Scott Krater, county communications director, told the county commissioners after a work session Wednesday that installation of a security system and coverage testing has delayed the project

Testing delays communications network upgrades - News - Republican Herald

What type of system are they upgrading to?

WQQF592 (Berks County Department of Emegency Services) FCC Callsign Details
WQQF588 (Berks County Department of Emergency Services) FCC Callsign Details

Shows Berks and Schuyl Co 700mhz system. Might be P25

8K70D1W P25 Linear Simulcast Modulation ASTRO (9.6 kbps in 12.5 kHz channelspace)
9K80D7W Not able to find out Emission it is.

bravo14 said:

WQQF592 (Berks County Department of Emegency Services) FCC Callsign Details
WQQF588 (Berks County Department of Emergency Services) FCC Callsign Details

Shows Berks and Schuyl Co 700mhz system. Might be P25

8K70D1W P25 Linear Simulcast Modulation ASTRO (9.6 kbps in 12.5 kHz channelspace)
9K80D7W Not able to find out Emission it is.

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Those licenses appear to be for Berks County's new 700 mHZ system. From the article it sounds like Schuylkill County is narrowbanding on their existing VHF frequencies (at least for the Police side - don't know what they're doing with the fire side since they're on low band). Looks like Berks has a tower or two in the neighboring county to cover fringe areas.

http://republicanherald.com/news/police-firefighters-learn-about-digital-radio-equipment-1.1604385

So if the system is in test mode, what are the details?