Julian1
Member
Tim Calioux who I believe is with "Bearing Point" was kind enough to write me. Bearing Point is one of the firms assisting agencies with the rebanding process w/ FCC, Nextel, and Southern Link. I asked him about the schedule for the third "Wave" of rebanding of 800. The SE USA is in the third wave of rebanding. His note while to my email, was also on the www.ScanAtlanta.com webring too.
Thanks, Tim for providing the information below......
The best time frame to tell you for the reconfiguration (the new phrase
for "rebanding") for Wave 3 systems is that they will occur "in 2006."
I would tend to expect later in the year than earlier. Given that the
hardware is *not* NPSPAC, it will be much easier and more rapid in the
transition. I can't say exactly what will happen with WPDB840 because
BearingPoint will contact the licensee with proposed new frequencies.
Once they make contact with the new frequencies, the agency and
BearingPoint will spend an indeterminate amount of time negotiating the
contract.
The Southeast has one big strike against it in rebanding -
SouthernLINC. In the rest of the country, Nextel is generally the only
ESMR provider. However, any reconfiguration done in the Southeast is
going to be coordinated between Nextel/BearingPoint, SouthernLINC, and
the licensed users. This will add to the planning process on Nextel's
side of the fence but shouldn't impact the deployment of reconfigured
equipment. If La Grange were to contact Nextel on the first day of the
voluntary negotiations period, it is conceivable that they could hurry
through the process. However, probably the best way to really know when
things are going to be changed on the system is to watch the FCC
database and look for a modification to the existing license. Short of
that, I can't really think of a way to determine when the transition
will occur (without some insider knowledge of the agency or hearing the
radio chatter when you listen about a change).
There is a query tool to determine what, if any, changes an agency will
need to make. You can find the tool here:
http://tinyurl.com/8nb7h*
*In the case of La Grange, there are three affected channels (possibly
more), so you'll have to check the FCC database when you notice a change
in the system. I don't know exactly what Motorola is doing for their
rebanding or what they're offering to cities to reconfigure their
trunking systems.
*
*tim
Thanks, Tim for providing the information below......
The best time frame to tell you for the reconfiguration (the new phrase
for "rebanding") for Wave 3 systems is that they will occur "in 2006."
I would tend to expect later in the year than earlier. Given that the
hardware is *not* NPSPAC, it will be much easier and more rapid in the
transition. I can't say exactly what will happen with WPDB840 because
BearingPoint will contact the licensee with proposed new frequencies.
Once they make contact with the new frequencies, the agency and
BearingPoint will spend an indeterminate amount of time negotiating the
contract.
The Southeast has one big strike against it in rebanding -
SouthernLINC. In the rest of the country, Nextel is generally the only
ESMR provider. However, any reconfiguration done in the Southeast is
going to be coordinated between Nextel/BearingPoint, SouthernLINC, and
the licensed users. This will add to the planning process on Nextel's
side of the fence but shouldn't impact the deployment of reconfigured
equipment. If La Grange were to contact Nextel on the first day of the
voluntary negotiations period, it is conceivable that they could hurry
through the process. However, probably the best way to really know when
things are going to be changed on the system is to watch the FCC
database and look for a modification to the existing license. Short of
that, I can't really think of a way to determine when the transition
will occur (without some insider knowledge of the agency or hearing the
radio chatter when you listen about a change).
There is a query tool to determine what, if any, changes an agency will
need to make. You can find the tool here:
http://tinyurl.com/8nb7h*
*In the case of La Grange, there are three affected channels (possibly
more), so you'll have to check the FCC database when you notice a change
in the system. I don't know exactly what Motorola is doing for their
rebanding or what they're offering to cities to reconfigure their
trunking systems.
*
*tim
