rapidcharger
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It would take something like THAT!
Good insight into the situation, thanks.
This will be a real test.
Good insight into the situation, thanks.
This will be a real test.
Brevard County TRS upgrades coming
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Brevard Co P25
I think I may have mentioned in this forum before, but I'll say it again. It's not a matter of IF Brevard Co will go to P25 but when. I am from Charlottesville, VA and I vacation in Cocoa Beach, FL in January every year. I am very good friends with the fire chief for Cocoa Beach Fire Department. The last time that I talked to him, he said that by 2014 or 2015 they will more than likely be on the new P25 system. That "things are changing around here and the radios are getting an upgrade." I believe it. The firefighters and officers are all complaining about the radio system down there. It needs an upgrade.
I think I may have mentioned in this forum before, but I'll say it again. It's not a matter of IF Brevard Co will go to P25 but when. I am from Charlottesville, VA and I vacation in Cocoa Beach, FL in January every year. I am very good friends with the fire chief for Cocoa Beach Fire Department. The last time that I talked to him, he said that by 2014 or 2015 they will more than likely be on the new P25 system. That "things are changing around here and the radios are getting an upgrade." I believe it. The firefighters and officers are all complaining about the radio system down there. It needs an upgrade.
ElroyJetson
Getting tired of all the stupidity.
To be totally fair about it, system downtime is a rare event. If I said that I am listening to one site or another for most of my waking hours, most days, it's almost a true statement. It is VERY rarely that I see any evidence of a service outage.
The system has recently (I can't say how recently, I actually don't know) added more trunked channels to every site. The Melbourne site is up to 16 frequencies and the others are up to 22 if not more. Capacity has increased and downtime is, like I said, extremely rare. Using the FCC menu option in my radios I'm seeing that even though the system is carrying a LOT of traffic, the system utilization rarely passes 60 percent capacity even during the heaviest traffic times.
What does concern me is that the latest generation of Harris radios seems to be a bit lacking in
sensitivity compared to the 7100s and other radios of the previous generation. If that turns out to be too much of a problem, then the fix will probably be to add more sites, and that's not going to make anybody happy when it's easy to show that four sites have worked well for over 20 years now.
Suddenly needing more sites just to maintain the same coverage would NOT go over well.
I do hope, for their sake, that Harris works to improve their current radio types so that they are truly at least the equal of the previous generation radios.
No matter what brand of equipment the county is using, I want it to WORK WELL. As a taxpayer I say that we deserve nothing less.
The system has recently (I can't say how recently, I actually don't know) added more trunked channels to every site. The Melbourne site is up to 16 frequencies and the others are up to 22 if not more. Capacity has increased and downtime is, like I said, extremely rare. Using the FCC menu option in my radios I'm seeing that even though the system is carrying a LOT of traffic, the system utilization rarely passes 60 percent capacity even during the heaviest traffic times.
What does concern me is that the latest generation of Harris radios seems to be a bit lacking in
sensitivity compared to the 7100s and other radios of the previous generation. If that turns out to be too much of a problem, then the fix will probably be to add more sites, and that's not going to make anybody happy when it's easy to show that four sites have worked well for over 20 years now.
Suddenly needing more sites just to maintain the same coverage would NOT go over well.
I do hope, for their sake, that Harris works to improve their current radio types so that they are truly at least the equal of the previous generation radios.
No matter what brand of equipment the county is using, I want it to WORK WELL. As a taxpayer I say that we deserve nothing less.
ElroyJetson
Getting tired of all the stupidity.
It is CONFIRMED that the Melbourne site now has 16 frequencies in the frequency list,
and it's 22 for the other three sites.
Updates to the site data will be forthcoming.
and it's 22 for the other three sites.
Updates to the site data will be forthcoming.
DeKP
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Wil it be updated on RR?
Elroy..........you still around? I have sent you a couple of PM's.
The updates to the Brevard sites listed on RR seem incorrect. The added frequencies are duplicates to frequencies already listed for each site.
DeKP
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I noticed that as well, but the LCN s are different. I entered the freqs in anyway though.
ElroyJetson
Getting tired of all the stupidity.
Go with the list as written. Yes, there are duplicate channels but it works and I have seen no evidence of missed calls using those lists. I've been listening with the new data almost continuously since it came out, and so far, so good.
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