Chp 700 Meg System
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Mick
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Here is some info from past RR posts about this
http://www.radioreference.com/forums/showthread.php?t=44498
http://www.radioreference.com/forums/showthread.php?t=44498
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I had lunch with a State radio technician - It ain't happening anytime soon. Think in YEARS.
some GENIUS committed to buying 700 mhz portables (thousands and thousands of them) to use as extenders ..
http://psrspc.ca.gov/PSRSPC_03-29-06_Exec Meeting_Minutes .htm
so instead of being able to buy and use existing freqs which also allow CLEMARS and other mutual aid to be used on their current portables - they will be off on never never land on 700 mhz
it also means having to buy all new extenders from pyramid , or whomever, for 700 mhz
the older ge exec II will be phased out - but there's no reason to abandon the hundreds and hundreds of existing usable pyramid vhf extenders for the patrol car
there was a plan to use kenwood tk-690 (which was used in the joke of a visteon program) but now some other genius says that the tk-690 isn't P25 compliant (like low band will go digital )
so it will probably be a few more years until anything gets done or decided
chp has always had a love affair with having 1 radio do 50 things (code 3 , gun locks,pa, etc ) instead of simply buying a radio and a light/siren controller -like it has been done in almost every other agency
chp seems to fail to understand - that other than your firearms in the vehicle... the radio is the most important weapon you have
and they continue to cripple the radios to the point of officer safety infringement
the visteon system was very prone to lockups - so it may look cool to have a car that mimics Knight Rider.. but when you have to pull over , open the trunk and reboot your computer and radio because the whole system is hung up .. that isnt very officer safety friendly
http://psrspc.ca.gov/PSRSPC_03-29-06_Exec Meeting_Minutes .htm
so instead of being able to buy and use existing freqs which also allow CLEMARS and other mutual aid to be used on their current portables - they will be off on never never land on 700 mhz
it also means having to buy all new extenders from pyramid , or whomever, for 700 mhz
the older ge exec II will be phased out - but there's no reason to abandon the hundreds and hundreds of existing usable pyramid vhf extenders for the patrol car
there was a plan to use kenwood tk-690 (which was used in the joke of a visteon program) but now some other genius says that the tk-690 isn't P25 compliant (like low band will go digital )
so it will probably be a few more years until anything gets done or decided
chp has always had a love affair with having 1 radio do 50 things (code 3 , gun locks,pa, etc ) instead of simply buying a radio and a light/siren controller -like it has been done in almost every other agency
chp seems to fail to understand - that other than your firearms in the vehicle... the radio is the most important weapon you have
and they continue to cripple the radios to the point of officer safety infringement
the visteon system was very prone to lockups - so it may look cool to have a car that mimics Knight Rider.. but when you have to pull over , open the trunk and reboot your computer and radio because the whole system is hung up .. that isnt very officer safety friendly
ScannerDude244
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Yeah with the state asking for 7 billion long ways off.
The total amount of Homeland Security grant money available in the current fiscal year NATIONWIDE was just under $1.7 billion. Cost estimates to build a statewide radio system in CA were $2.5 to $3.5 billion, ten years ago; today it is probably twice that. There isn't enough HS grant money available to CA to even begin to pay for a system, even if there weren't all the other demands on the money.
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