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Does anyone have (or can lead me to) the NXDN frequencies used by the First Energy/Illuminating Co. in or near Cuyahoga County ? Thank You.
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I can't help you in that, but First Energy will be implementing MARCS IP soon.
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Well, thank you for that good bit of information.
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Maybe, MARCS IP uses 700MHz channels which can not be used by commercial entities. Unless they receive a waiver or can steer FE traffic to 800MHz channels only, FE may not be moving to MARCS.
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It's signed,it's happening eventually. Don't believe it if you want
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Not a matter of believing if it will happen, I hear they have the radios. The issue is the FCC. Hope they work it out. Would be a benefit for all parties.
budevans
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Rural Electric vs First Energy
There are Rural Electric suppliers that are already on MARCS-IP. Why are they permitted to be on MARCS-IP?
There are Rural Electric suppliers that are already on MARCS-IP. Why are they permitted to be on MARCS-IP?
mszabo2000
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Just a guess, rural electric cooperatives are non-profits and most likely are considered an NGO under the eligibility rules.
MONEY!!!
It's what the whole MARCS thing is about.
Disguised of course as pie in the sky post 911 interop.
Thanks for the info
Do you have any information on when? Also, I'm in NW Ohio and I'm wondering if Toledo Edison will be making the switch also?
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Do you have any information on when? Also, I'm in NW Ohio and I'm wondering if Toledo Edison will be making the switch also?
Jack
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Well, FE is a customer for a different aspect than this discussion, but as far as I can tell, they have been using nothing but Nextel/Sprint PTT app for their trucks since they abandoned the Smartzone system in the NE, and the UHF system in the NW. The nuclear plants have some radios on MARCS for emergency use, but they aren't supposed to use it day-to-day. Also there is some conventional 800 and UHF within both the nuclear and coal plants. One plant was using Mototrbo, but I think that plant is at least partly shut down. I have not seen or heard of any NXDN anywhere within FE. Ever.
Supposedly their 800 MHz frequencies were pulled off the Smartzone system and converted to an in-house Motorola Harmony system, much as was done by DP&L a year or so earlier. Per a friend of mine with contacts at FE the performance hasn't been all it's cracked up to be.
As I heard it, they got the waiver, plus they're going to add their 800 MHz frequencies to the IP sites they need to use. Don't know if that's changed or not.
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Since the TRBO and NXDN systems are starting to appear in the database, does anybody have the NXDN frequencies used by First Energy/Illuminating Company in and around Cuyahoga County ? Thank you again.
This was answered on 4-9, a post you made in this very thread.
If it's not listed in the DB, nobody has submitted it. However, there may be frequencies. Looks up the FCC licenses in teh database.
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AFAIK, Toledo Edison abandoned its nice UHF system (and tore down the damn nice freestanding tower when they totalled the historic Acme Power Plant) and use Nextel PTT - has anyone confirmed if they might move First Energy / Toledo Edison in NW / NC Ohio to the new MARCS-IP?
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