First Student is transitioning to new radio system, eventually after all radios are changed over, you'll no longer hear them.
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ecps92
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POC? ENC ? Smoke Signals ? Tetra ?
The system may be obsolete.
Flower City Communications (Rochester) Trunking System, Rochester, New York
Flower City Communications (Rochester) Trunking System Profile
www.radioreference.com
This probably relates to the First Student "HALO" program.
I just did a quick check - "Ridge", "BCSD" and "Bickford" are still on Flower City LTR.
From what I have read about the system, voice communications is probably going to be incidental with the main component on the bus a tablet with GPS and 4G LTE that provides route information, monitors on board mechnaical conditios and video, scans student IDs as they board, records driver log on and pre trip inspections etc....
There probably is some cellular voice capability for emergencies but it looks like communications will be primarily data and possibly text.
I don't know if First Student uses this device but it seem to have the same capabilities as their HALO system:
There probably is some cellular voice capability for emergencies but it looks like communications will be primarily data and possibly text.
I don't know if First Student uses this device but it seem to have the same capabilities as their HALO system:
Yes you're correct, not all radios have swapped yet. I'm not sure when their contract is up for current system.
Indeed it is POC and they'll be using TLK-150 mobile radios.
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sprman1955
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So no more low band radios to hear????
Here in the Rochester area, Palmyra-Macedon CSD now uses Tyler Drive Tablets and still has the Mobiletech NXDN VHF radios in the buses.
First Student has never been on low band.
First does have tablets, however not related to radios as they have had tablets for couple years. What I've been told, they basically do nothing
other and pre-checks and kiosk for punching in n out.
So found out more info, most all radios in Rochester NY have now been switched except some of the older buses.
As for First Student as a company wide, most locations will be switching if they haven't already, except some of the smaller locations
will not for now.
As for First Student as a company wide, most locations will be switching if they haven't already, except some of the smaller locations
will not for now.
I drive for First Student in northern NJ. This is the radio that is installed in our buses. We used to be on lo-band, these are 4G/LTE. The audio is excellent and the coverage is very good. The HALO tablets we use are only for our trip inspections, navigation, and route/stops maps.
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