dmg1969
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I decided to contact the Perry County EMA Director and inquire as to whether there are any talks about long term plans to upgrade their system from the VHF low. One of my friends (actually more a friend of my brother and his wife) is a dispatcher. I asked him once if he thought Perry would upgrade to something like OpenSky. He said flat out that Perry was one of the poorer counties and he did not see them upgrading.
I e-mailed the director and inquired about any plans to eventually phase out the VHF low in favor of any other solution...be it VHF high, UHF or something like APCO-25. I know that a neighboring county (Juniata) just moved their low band fire dispatch from 46.06 to a UHF frequency along with (I believe) simulcasting their UHF Med 9 over it as well.
I guess, conceivably, they could just keep using the VHF low indefinitely. I know the cost would be greater for fire and EMS agencies in the county. There are only 3 police agencies in the county with a total of 13 (I believe) officers plus the Sheriff and 8 Deputies. The rest of the county is patrolled by PSP (Pennsylvania State Police). There are something like 12 fire companies which multiple mobiles and portables plus the EMS rigs. I'll be curious to see what, if any, reply I get from him.
I e-mailed the director and inquired about any plans to eventually phase out the VHF low in favor of any other solution...be it VHF high, UHF or something like APCO-25. I know that a neighboring county (Juniata) just moved their low band fire dispatch from 46.06 to a UHF frequency along with (I believe) simulcasting their UHF Med 9 over it as well.
I guess, conceivably, they could just keep using the VHF low indefinitely. I know the cost would be greater for fire and EMS agencies in the county. There are only 3 police agencies in the county with a total of 13 (I believe) officers plus the Sheriff and 8 Deputies. The rest of the county is patrolled by PSP (Pennsylvania State Police). There are something like 12 fire companies which multiple mobiles and portables plus the EMS rigs. I'll be curious to see what, if any, reply I get from him.