Just wondering if anyone knows the details on why FSO, FPD, Clovis PD, etc. are all still on conventional FM analog systems? Any info on if/when public safety in FC will transition to trunked P25?
Why would they? You usually switch to that when your radio traffic needs outrun your capabilities and that’s not going to happen for a long time.Just wondering if anyone knows the details on why FSO, FPD, Clovis PD, etc. are all still on conventional FM analog systems? Any info on if/when public safety in FC will transition to trunked P25?
Even then you don’t have to go trunking. All my local police departments got p25 equipment years ago and stayed conventional.It will happen some day when their current systems can no longer be repaired and replacement parts are hard to find. That is the reason Kern County is going to a new system. They can’t find parts anymore, not even on eBay.
That’s great but, it is up to the radio companies on what and how long they want to support systems. They make more money on P25 and trunking than a no log systems. They are in the business to make money.Even then you don’t have to go trunking. All my local police departments got p25 equipment years ago and stayed conventional.
As long as they are paid to. It’s still P25, which is still digital and modern, just not trunked. And all P25 capable equipment can also function in analog mode as well.That’s great but, it is up to the radio companies on what and how long they want to support systems. They make more money on P25 and trunking than a no log systems. They are in the business to make money.
Clovis PD just replaced their radio system a couple years back. They have P25 capability and use it on Channel 6
periodically. It is encrypted.