KT4HX
Member
Has anyone, anywhere heard scuttlebutt about their new system? There was talk about it last year, but its been crickets ever since.
Augusta County
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I found this from WHSV from 2023.
www.whsv.com
I checked for new licenses within the RR database, but could not find any relating to what would be a new TRS.
New regional emergency radio project set in motion
Staunton, Augusta County and Waynesboro team up to install new emergency radio systems.
www.whsv.com
I checked for new licenses within the RR database, but could not find any relating to what would be a new TRS.
W3DMV
Member
I checked the FCC records and there were no applications
received in the past 180 days.
received in the past 180 days.
The county's web site lists "Began implementation of a new radio system" as one of the Emergency Communications Center's 2024 accomplishments. No indication that it has been paused or canceled. There was also a reference to the project in discussions about the National Radio Quiet Zone, where it was mentioned that the possible dissolution of the quiet zone would allow the power to be turned up on the towers.
I found another article that says "Augusta County is currently upgrading its communications infrastructure. The project, according to Whetzel, is a few months behind, but County Administrator Timothy Fitzgerald doesn’t think Green Bank or the National Quiet Zone has had or will have an effect on the radio project." Augusta calls for 'dissolution' of radio quiet zone in resolution
manda1993
My name is manda not Amanda
The system will going live in a couple of years. They will start to build the system out soon.
KT4HX
Member
To my knowledge emergency service communications are permitted within the National Quiet Zone, thus it should have no impact on Augusta.
This has been discussed a little in the West Virginia forum. One issue is that the emergency services radio transmitters are restricted in how much power they can put out. That means local governments within the quiet zone would have to spend additional money building more towers to provide the same amount of coverage. Pendleton County's request is that the federal government either remove the quiet zone, or provide the additional funds needed to overcome the power restrictions with additional towers. The quiet zone restrictions are going to have less of an impact on Augusta County, although they will have to limit the power on one or more of their transmitters as things stand today. Another issue is the lack of cell coverage in the quiet zone, which limits the ability of the public to call 911.
