emtunderwood
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- Dec 8, 2007
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Hello,
I have a question about 2 systems that we are going to replace. One being our fire repeater and one being the sheriff departments repeater. Our system is a rick'd CDM-750 with amp and duplexer thats about 17yr old and we are moving sites. The sheriff departments is a Conventional P25 digital repeater confined to a single site P25 is for encryption only.
We are looking to upgrade ours to a conventional system but have the ability to go digital.. We have a mix of radios that will do both. The sheriffs department wants to stay on their conventional digital with P25 encryption.
Quick backstory is a cow somehow got into our repeater house and the door shut behind it and the cow died destroyed the sheriff department repeater and damaged ours that cost 3k to fix. The insurance has agreed to replace the 2 systems.
We have been in contact and requested bids from local radio shops but some sell the same equipment and both places have different opinions on what kind of equipment that we are going to use.. The tower we will be using from our original system has to be moved due to landowner forcing us to take it down and now using a crown castle tower that's 3 air miles from our current location. However, its 300ft taller in elevation and just got our approval for a 315ft height on the tower w/ 180w EIRP due to the terrain.
So what I'm asking repeater wise what would be a great system to use that can keep us conventional with the ability to go digital in the future and keep the sherrifs department conventional p25 w/ digital encryption?
We've been told NXR-5700 w/ JPF cards. Motorola QTR, Kenwood Atlas repeaters. All the radio companies have a different view on the equipment and when asking different companies about other offers they all have something else to say or view why that isn't a good option.. We have our NEMA housing, coax, antennas and mouting hardware that is required from Crown castle so that cannot change.
Basically, what are our options to get the most power as possible with the best equipment we can for the budget of $24k?
Thanks
I have a question about 2 systems that we are going to replace. One being our fire repeater and one being the sheriff departments repeater. Our system is a rick'd CDM-750 with amp and duplexer thats about 17yr old and we are moving sites. The sheriff departments is a Conventional P25 digital repeater confined to a single site P25 is for encryption only.
We are looking to upgrade ours to a conventional system but have the ability to go digital.. We have a mix of radios that will do both. The sheriffs department wants to stay on their conventional digital with P25 encryption.
Quick backstory is a cow somehow got into our repeater house and the door shut behind it and the cow died destroyed the sheriff department repeater and damaged ours that cost 3k to fix. The insurance has agreed to replace the 2 systems.
We have been in contact and requested bids from local radio shops but some sell the same equipment and both places have different opinions on what kind of equipment that we are going to use.. The tower we will be using from our original system has to be moved due to landowner forcing us to take it down and now using a crown castle tower that's 3 air miles from our current location. However, its 300ft taller in elevation and just got our approval for a 315ft height on the tower w/ 180w EIRP due to the terrain.
So what I'm asking repeater wise what would be a great system to use that can keep us conventional with the ability to go digital in the future and keep the sherrifs department conventional p25 w/ digital encryption?
We've been told NXR-5700 w/ JPF cards. Motorola QTR, Kenwood Atlas repeaters. All the radio companies have a different view on the equipment and when asking different companies about other offers they all have something else to say or view why that isn't a good option.. We have our NEMA housing, coax, antennas and mouting hardware that is required from Crown castle so that cannot change.
Basically, what are our options to get the most power as possible with the best equipment we can for the budget of $24k?
Thanks