Gila Co Sheriff posse radios

[DonWetter]

GCSO Posse getting 800 MHz radios ..."will enable the posse volunteers to interact with the county’s new, $1.4-million emergency communications upgrade"

County forks out $8,000 for sheriff’s posse radios

The Gila County Board of Supervisors at its last meeting agreed to spend $8,000 to buy the Gila County Sheriff’s Office Posse some new, 800 MHZ radios.

www.paysonroundup.com

 

[KevinC]

How many radios can you get for $8,000 these days? 3 or 4 max?

 

[N9JIG]

The article doesn't say but many of these systems are purchased on federal grants so that might be just for the matching funds, access fees or accessories. It could also be a lease vs. a straight purchase.

 

[Ravenfalls]

Maybe Gila Sheriff will transition to same system as Payson?

 

[Foresigt]

Maybe Gila Sheriff will transition to same system as Payson?

Not of they bought the radios with federal funds. They are required to have P25 compatible radios and not NXDN.

 

[mmckenna]

Not of they bought the radios with federal funds. They are required to have P25 compatible radios and not NXDN.

Federal grants require P25 'capable' radios. It does not require that P25 be used.
A Kenwood NX-5000 radio would meet the requirements for federal grant funding, but will do NXDN just fine.
No idea what the posse will end up doing, but grant funding isn't a roadblock.

 

[Ravenfalls]

#1 Selling point to Gila Co agencies is the wide coverage. #2 service / sales / Techs is all within Gila County.

 

[Foresigt]

#1 Selling point to Gila Co agencies is the wide coverage. #2 service / sales / Techs is all within Gila County.

The only agency in Gila Co that has any money to buy radios is the Sheriff's Office. The others don't get enough funding to rub two nickles together.

 

[Ravenfalls]

System if what Payson is on. Sites in RR

 

[motorcoachdoug]

Tait Radios would do them very nicely. Tait radios are rugged, easy to use and very dependable.

 

[mdra2016]

System if what Payson is on. Sites in RR

Any idea what frequencies GCSO is using here in the Globe area tried the Payson frequencies with no luck they've been offline for a while and seems all other local agencies followed them? Thanks in advance

 

[Ravenfalls]

Gila County Trunked System R&M

 

[mdra2016]

Gila County Trunked System R&M

Thank You sir much appreciated.

 

[wirr]

After looking at this a bit, I would suggest that these R & M talkgroups perhaps are:
530 Gila County
531 Gila County Sheriff Dispatch North
532 Gila County Sheriff Dispatch South
533 Gila County
539 Gila County
550 Payson Police
551 Payson Police
570 Gila County agency
580 Gila County agency
590 Globe Police
592 Globe Fire
Probably all encrypted.

 

[mdra2016]

wirr, Do you know if they are encrypted? I'd hate to pay the $75.00 for the NXDN upgrade for no reason? Thanks in advance for any help.

 

[SCANHF]

Tait Radios would do them very nicely. Tait radios are rugged, easy to use and very dependable.

$ wasn't an issue.

Payson Police = ENC.

VHF/UHF/700-800
FM/P25/NXDN

Programming will include RWC interop along & DPS. Gila SO adds mutual aid for almost every law enforcement agency within AZ.

 

[Foresigt]

Tait trunke

Tait Radios would do them very nicely. Tait radios are rugged, easy to use and very dependable.

Tait trunked radios are junk and there is virtually no service for them.

 

[wirr]

wirr, Do you know if they are encrypted? I'd hate to pay the $75.00 for the NXDN upgrade for no reason? Thanks in advance for any help.

531 and 550 are encrypted. The others probably are too but I don't have notes on it.

 

[apco25]

Tait trunke

Tait trunked radios are junk and there is virtually no service for them.

What a clueless statement

 

[Foresigt]

What a clueless statement

My gig uses well over a dozen Tait Radios and they are junk. They got worse after the Harris/Tait agreement,terminated.. My 4 year old radios are starting to fail left and right. Trying to get service done is almost impossible.