Lincoln County, GA - NXDN?

[nunyax]

Lincoln County modified their WPGE655 license on 3/31 to include the 4K00 emission designators which are usually used for NXDN. A search of their county website shows they have been considering how to handle the narrowbanding mandate since last year. After considering SouthernLinc they formed a tower/communications committee and decided to upgrade their existing systems:

August, 2010 minutes:

Upgrade to County's Communications System

[FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman]Director Broom gave an update on the county's communication system, which has been divided into four phases. He said that the county is now ready to move forward with phase two, which includes acquiring the infrastructure required to update the communications center and the tower at Graves Mountain to accommodate digital communications and purchasing mobile and portable radios for OES, public works, and the Sheriff's Office. [/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman]Director Broom said that phase two will cost $40,000. The money will be used as follows: $20,900 for the infrastructure required to update the communications center and the tower at Graves Mountain and $19,100 on the mobile and portable radios. [/FONT]
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I guess the key word there is "digital." Anyone in that area know what their plan is? They may be following the same path to NXDN as their neighbor McDuffie County.

 

[SCPD]

I use to work, part time, for Augusta Communications. Two years ago we went to Graves Mtn. to test a MotoTrbo setup for the county and the decision to go with it was in limbo then. IMHO they should go with NXDN to have interoperability with McDuffie County and have the option to flash the radios to P25 in the future if need be.