Elgin, IL - Elgin weighs options for news police radio system

[Thunderbolt]

ELGIN, Ill. -- Remember when the whole country had to get a digital converter box for televisions that still picked up signals using the old, bunny-eared antennas?

Elgin weighs options for news police radio system :: The Courier News :: Local News

 

[jobes]

Good article. Kudos to the chief for being open to the public monitoring. Most officials these days feel are opposed and feel the community hasn't a right to listen to the events happening around them.

ELGIN, Ill. -- Remember when the whole country had to get a digital converter box for televisions that still picked up signals using the old, bunny-eared antennas?

Elgin weighs options for news police radio system :: The Courier News :: Local News

 

[N_Jay]

The real question is:
Are they going to go for a new system on their own?
Be lead down the path by their vendor?
or
Hire a competent consultant?

 

[Squad10]

"As apparent as the need for a new system has been over the last few years, the question of how to pay for it -- with costs estimated between $14 million and $18 million"

Wonder who Elgin got the estimated cost of between $14 million and 18 million from?

Anybody know?

 

[N9JIG]

Elgin has experimented with StarCom21 a couple times, I wouldn't be surprised if they did something that meshed with this...

 

[radioman2001]

There wasn't much info on what type of system they have now. Are they planning on putting in a digital 6.25kc compliant? The only mandates out there now are to to 12.5kc,(2013) I would suspect that there present system won't do that, since it was built in 1995, but making a jump to the 6.25 system is expensive and may not get them the best system for their money. A lot can happen in radio world in the next 10 years, when the anticipated digital 6.25kc mandate is . I know Motorola would love to get paid for an expensive digital when analog 12.5 system would suffice until the next upgrade required in 2020. Maybe!

 

[jobes]

I would think Elgin was granted with radio funds from the Obama relief fund.