End of an era, Racom shutting down the network today

[mws72]

RACOM just announced a couple of times that they are shutting down the EDACS Network in the Quad-Cities at Noon Today. (10/31)
They advise anyone hearing this announcement to switch to the P25 system. Meaning SARA

 

[Mex]

Quad-City area police scanners to go 'dark'

Beginning Tuesday, the public in the Quad-Cities area no longer will be able to hear most police radio calls over private scanners.

qctimes.com

 

[mikegilbert]

Just looked up RACOM in the database. What an interesting system it was. I've never seen private businesses on a public system like that!

 

[tfhphoto]

Just looked up RACOM in the database. What an interesting system it was. I've never seen private businesses on a public system like that!

What made it interesting is that it was a PRIVATE system. Anyone with the money could lease a talkgroup. It was also the first mostly statewide system in Iowa.

 

[mikegilbert]

I should've updated my post. Ended up reading up on RACOM after that. That's even more intriguing! I guess the only comparable system is the Bell Fleetnet up in Canada. Learned something new!

 

[Ensnared]

If RACOM is dead in the water, why is it still listed in the Sentinel drop down menu at the county level for Fremont, Pottawattamie, Monona, & Woodbury counties?

 

[tfhphoto]

If RACOM is dead in the water, why is it still listed in the Sentinel drop down menu at the county level for Fremont, Pottawattamie, Monona, & Woodbury counties?

Maybe they still have some business customers? The closed their Sioux City office maybe 10-15 years ago and once local public safety left I stopped listening to the system.

 

[littona]

Maybe they still have some business customers? The closed their Sioux City office maybe 10-15 years ago and once local public safety left I stopped listening to the system.

The multi-state RACOM system was disbanded, but RACOM is still in business. They moved on to build the SARA system and some local systems for customers. They still do quite a bit of commercial and public safety business. Emergency Response Systems

 

[mws72]

Quad-City area police scanners to go 'dark'

Beginning Tuesday, the public in the Quad-Cities area no longer will be able to hear most police radio calls over private scanners.

qctimes.com

Lated News is it won't happen till 11/28.