That's scary.My small town police agency is looking at this technology if we begin to dispatch our own calls.
Kootenai County was told 9 sites with (95%/90%} coverage. Last I heard they were at 23 sites and getting close to 80%
that should cost elected officials some votes.
Why is it scary? I need facts to present my case.
I get that completely. Thanks for taking the time to reply. Most of our small towns balk at spending so much for a radio on the P25 system that the county requires. They do it, but it is expensive for no more use than we get out of them. We could do just fine on a 1 channel analog and if the tower were in the right location, have decent coverage. We have several dead spots with our 700 MHZ in the shadows of mountains and low lying land that the rest of the county seems fine with letting us contend with. Believe it or not, the cell radios reportedly work better in these areas according to those that tested them. I am not pro-cell radio at all. I would imagine that we would still maintain the existing 700 Mhz radios for interoperability or at a minimum re-install VHF. I fought to have the VHF analog radios in our vehicles since 2012 for backup comms and with the latest round of new vehicles, I lost.It's not public safety grade equipment or the network. Nothing is under your control. It works great for commercial use (we have hundreds of them out there for our customers) but I'd be leary about putting any public safety on it. Maybe for supplementing public safety; you can bridge these over to your radio system, but I wouldn't make it my only means of immediate communications for public safety.
As stated, cell radios are not intended for primary public safety communications. What happens if the system goes down for whatever reason? Then what? There is no direct mode so you'd be SOL, and here they are trying to save lives. These radios we are discussing here on this thread are business oriented LTE radios.I get that completely. Thanks for taking the time to reply. Most of our small towns balk at spending so much for a radio on the P25 system that the county requires. They do it, but it is expensive for no more use than we get out of them. We could do just fine on a 1 channel analog and if the tower were in the right location, have decent coverage. We have several dead spots with our 700 MHZ in the shadows of mountains and low lying land that the rest of the county seems fine with letting us contend with. Believe it or not, the cell radios reportedly work better in these areas according to those that tested them. I am not pro-cell radio at all. I would imagine that we would still maintain the existing 700 Mhz radios for interoperability or at a minimum re-install VHF. I fought to have the VHF analog radios in our vehicles since 2012 for backup comms and with the latest round of new vehicles, I lost.
I want one!
One of them had even bought the rights to the Nextel name.
Kenwood called, and they want their cheap-O microphone back!
I’ll take a Kenwood mic over a Yaesu or Icom mic any day.
And apparently not:
Nextel Worldwide Selected as Comms Supplier for Super Bowl LIV, Sprint Litigation Continues
MissionCritical Communications, Radio Resource International, and Public Safety Report - wireless voice and data communications for mobile, remote and public safety operationswww.rrmediagroup.com
I thought Nextel was dead and buried. Shows ya what I know.
Those mics haven't been around for about 15 years (HM100N). The current HM152's damn near last forever, and their heavy duty HM148G.Darn right. Got tired of replacing PTT switches on the el-cheap-o Icom LMR mics, and I stopped buying Yaesu due to their annoying microphones.
Those mics haven't been around for about 15 years (HM100N). The current HM152's damn near last forever.