Today after lunch I spoke briefly with some police officers who were standing in line to pay at the cash register. They were officers with the Pope County Sheriff's office, which uses the AWIN radio system probably 98% of the time - on occasion they use their vestige VHF system if they can't get through on AWIN. Here is how the conversation went:
ME: "So, when will you get your new radios?"
COP: "Oh, we just got them last week, brand new radios."
ME: "Oh, so you're ready for the new upgraded AWIN system?"
COP: "No, we don't use AWIN, we're digital. We use digital radios, not AWIN."
ME (confused): "Ahhh, OK, I thought that you used AWIN almost exclusively for your radio communications."
COP: "No, we don't use AWIN, we use digital radios."
What the (bleep)?
ME: "So, when will you get your new radios?"
COP: "Oh, we just got them last week, brand new radios."
ME: "Oh, so you're ready for the new upgraded AWIN system?"
COP: "No, we don't use AWIN, we're digital. We use digital radios, not AWIN."
ME (confused): "Ahhh, OK, I thought that you used AWIN almost exclusively for your radio communications."
COP: "No, we don't use AWIN, we use digital radios."
What the (bleep)?