county name is not unique

[ka3jjz]

We have a case here where a common county name is repeated within the same state.
The offending entries are here;

https://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?sid=724

https://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?sid=9354

We have a disambiguation category in the wiki reserved for just this purpose, but I dislike using it, because it's rather sloppy. Montgomery county as an entity exists in several states.

How about making an unique name for the phase 2 system entry, such as Montgomery County, PA (P25)? There is a precedent for the comma and state abbreviation - see the Maryland entry for the same county, which is written precisely in this manner.

We can then temporarily move the associated wiki article so that I can build a proper wiki page to house the data already there.

Mike

 

[N9JIG]

Looks to me like the newer system (SID 9354) is already named Montgomery County (P25), the older system (SID 724) lacks that.

There was a discussion in the Admin thread not long ago that discussed this very issue and it appears this entry meets the naming requirements put forward by Tom and Lindsay. (See https://forums.radioreference.com/database-administrator-forum/353141-system-names-redux.html)

 

[QDP2012]

I added the missing InfoBox to the P25 article.

Hope this helps,

 

[ka3jjz]

OK I guess we'll have to live with it - I'll link it up to the Trunked systems page (along with another new Pa. entry) I think they're both orphans

Mike