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Hey all,
So most of you who live in the area already know that Caroline County has been operating on an ***OLD*** conventional system for decades now. Using mostly Motorola radios and far out-dated repeater towers that have been placed in not-so-efficient locations. Their whole dispatch/communications system is a relic, and a museum piece. Kind of funny actually. One would think that with all the critical events that occur in the county, the administration would have been quick to jump on the digital bandwagon years ago. Seems that the excuse for lack of an upgrade was in part by some of the administrators' stubborn nature.
But, I caught wind of some rumors at Caroline's 911 dispatch center that the county is considering upgrading to an 800MHz EDACS system in the near future. Safe to say that it wouldn't be a bad idea to do so, since coverage in the county is very spotty... but EDACS???? Why? I mean, EDACS is great and all, but old. Unless they decide to use ProVoice, I don't see how the 800MHz system would benefit them if they use the same setup as Spotsylvania County.
But again, this is what I heard from a friend of mine who works in dispatch there. If it is an EDACS system, then I guess it's not all that bad... Spotsylvania's EDACS system has served them well for many years, and still does to this day. Hanover County had a similar system, but was poorly implemented, and the wigs in Hanover County were just too ignorant to listen to GE's recommendations to improve the system (it's always the county's fault).
But this should boost coverage in the county exponentially, especially in/near the Tidewater Trail area, where on the conventional system, absolutely nothing is heard.
Thoughts?
-IBM
So most of you who live in the area already know that Caroline County has been operating on an ***OLD*** conventional system for decades now. Using mostly Motorola radios and far out-dated repeater towers that have been placed in not-so-efficient locations. Their whole dispatch/communications system is a relic, and a museum piece. Kind of funny actually. One would think that with all the critical events that occur in the county, the administration would have been quick to jump on the digital bandwagon years ago. Seems that the excuse for lack of an upgrade was in part by some of the administrators' stubborn nature.
But, I caught wind of some rumors at Caroline's 911 dispatch center that the county is considering upgrading to an 800MHz EDACS system in the near future. Safe to say that it wouldn't be a bad idea to do so, since coverage in the county is very spotty... but EDACS???? Why? I mean, EDACS is great and all, but old. Unless they decide to use ProVoice, I don't see how the 800MHz system would benefit them if they use the same setup as Spotsylvania County.
But again, this is what I heard from a friend of mine who works in dispatch there. If it is an EDACS system, then I guess it's not all that bad... Spotsylvania's EDACS system has served them well for many years, and still does to this day. Hanover County had a similar system, but was poorly implemented, and the wigs in Hanover County were just too ignorant to listen to GE's recommendations to improve the system (it's always the county's fault).
But this should boost coverage in the county exponentially, especially in/near the Tidewater Trail area, where on the conventional system, absolutely nothing is heard.
Thoughts?
-IBM
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