GSP Lo Band

[b7spectra]

I have been seeing quite a few GSP units in the Metro area and they definitely have a Lo Band antenna on their cars. I've never heard anything on 42.02 since I move here years ago! Or could it possibly be a CB radio in their unit?

 

[MTS2000des]

that is a base loaded 5/8 wave VHF high band, not a low band antenna. Too short to be low band.

CB antennas they have used (and still do) are the Wilson 1000 or K40, both of which have much longer radiating element and large FAT loading coil at the bottom.

Makes sense they would be installing high gain VHF 5/8 waves with their recent P25 VHF reported usage.

Should have done that years ago instead of drinking the 7/800 Race to Waste Kool-Aid.

Guess being poor has forced them to become more prudent and resourceful.

 

[rapidcharger]

Definitely not low band antennas.

It's funny to see a car/sedan with an offroad brush guard though!

 

[902]

It *could* be low band, but I doubt it. I am a low band user and have several antennas from Motorola and vintage Maxrad and Larsen that look like that. But I know Georgia is a HEAVY VHF user with something just about everywhere. Those antennas look like the older Motorola RAD4010ARB 3 dB VHF antennas than a PCTel or Laird low band antenna with a spring.

 

[CapStar362]

Definitely not low band antennas.

It's funny to see a car/sedan with an offroad brush guard though!

that is interesting too.... i asked GSP why they chose that design....

i was told, because we have to sometimes chase those rednecks through the bushes!!


we both laughed for a couple minutes of that

hey spectra. did you take that pic? ive seen 775 in clayton county several times when i lived there....

 

[procopper7005]

GSP vehicles are no longer equipped with low band radios, haven't been for a long time.

 

[b7spectra]

Didn't take the pick, got it from Police Car Web Site

 

[gh6406]

Brushguard

Rapidcharger, The "brushguard" is actually there to somewhat protect the car's fenders when they perform the "pit" maneuver.

 

[rapidcharger]

Oh. Good thinking.
What a clever agency. They do an incredible amount with less waste and take actions to protect their assets rather than wreck them and buy a new one.

 

[CapStar362]

do i sense sarcasm in that post?

 

[rapidcharger]

do i sense sarcasm in that post?

No! I'm not being sarcastic.
That is the only law enforcement agency that still has a shred of my respect.
And they earned it by being professional with me, not wasting my tax dollars and doing their job and not abusing their power and buying a bunch of toys then breaking them.

 

[CapStar362]

i meant the brush guard part..... sorry


and no doubt, ive never had a problem with GSP either

 

[rapidcharger]

The brushguard is a great idea! I was serious about that too. They should be required on all vehicles in metro atlanta so we can have demolition derby when it snows my insurance rates don't have to go up so much.
In fact they should be standard equipment on all vehicles sold in America. Like the new backup cameras.

 

[b7spectra]

Bushguard works great for pushing vehicles out of the roadway and even better when they preform the PIT maneuver.

 

[rapidcharger]

Bushguard works great for pushing vehicles out of the roadway

I ought to try that sometime. Next time I'm in alpharetta and I'm stuck behind a rolling roadblock of minivans and volvo wagons, I will clear the roadway. :wink:

 

[CapStar362]

heh