Benton county Missouri

Status
Not open for further replies.

mburge

Newbie
Joined
Nov 5, 2017
Messages
103
why are some small depts not going with the new statewide systems? Warsaw is still on VHF ...Just asking
 

jeatock

Member
Premium Subscriber
Joined
Jul 9, 2003
Messages
599
Location
090-45-50 W, 39-43-22 N
why are some small depts not going with the new statewide systems? Warsaw is still on VHF ...Just asking

Probably need versus budget. P25 digital trunking radios are a couple grand a pop and all radios in the agency need to be changed at once. Triple that if they price the Big /\/\ products that do exactly the same thing.

I do have to give the Show-Me State credit. They own the infrastructure and allow any suitable radio on the MOSWIN system. Unlike The Land of Lincoln's StarCom system, which leases service on /\/\-owned towers at an exorbitant price, and where for all practical purposes only /\/\ products are allowed for 'quality and reliability' reasons.

As a side note, /\/\ was the single largest contributor to the ex-Governor Blago (now Federal inmate #98765432) re-election fund. Of course, those things are un-related.
 
Last edited:
Status
Not open for further replies.
Top