jmp883
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For a career dispatcher (Wayne Twp. as a F/T and Wanaque PD as a P/T), as well as a radio buff and licensed ham, I love getting new 'toys' in the radio room.
Back in the spring of 2006 I posted the new UHF frequencies for Wanaque PD/FD in the RR.com database. We were told, then, that we would be on the air on the new frequencies by the end of the summer. Like most projects that didn't happen quite as planned. Well, we trained on the new desk equipment this past Monday, 1-8-07, and I worked the 4-12 shift yesterday (and again tonight) from a temporary work station in our Sergeant's office.
The radio room has been completely gutted with new furniture and equipment installation to begin this week. We had Orbacom radio consoles and operated on VHF-Lo. We've retained the VHF-Lo PD/FD frequencies to maintain mutual-aid capability with the surrounding towns. We've gotten all new VHF-Lo and UHF transmitting equipment from Motorola. Our new consoles are touch-screen Motorola MCC-5500's. They are simple to learn to operate, no more difficult than our Orbacom's were. We are currently on the air with just the UHF PD frequency (453.5625/DPL 664). The officers have already been issued their new UHF portables so we are simulcasting on both VHF and UHF. The patrol cars will start getting their new radios in the next several days, once they are all done we will switch totally over to UHF.
As of now the plan for the FD and EMS is to stay on VHF-Lo until all the fire apparatus and ambulances are converted to UHF (453.6625/DPL 155). Once that is done then they'll move to UHF with only paging left on the VHF. We should be fully operational on the UHF frequencies by the end of February.
This is the 2nd full communications system upgrade since I've been with Wanaque PD. I wish my F/T job would do the same.....I've been there a total of 9 years and the only thing they've done is buy new console furniture for the existing equipment to be mounted into when we moved to a larger room on the other side of the wall from where we used to be.
Oh well.....I'm batting .500!
Back in the spring of 2006 I posted the new UHF frequencies for Wanaque PD/FD in the RR.com database. We were told, then, that we would be on the air on the new frequencies by the end of the summer. Like most projects that didn't happen quite as planned. Well, we trained on the new desk equipment this past Monday, 1-8-07, and I worked the 4-12 shift yesterday (and again tonight) from a temporary work station in our Sergeant's office.
The radio room has been completely gutted with new furniture and equipment installation to begin this week. We had Orbacom radio consoles and operated on VHF-Lo. We've retained the VHF-Lo PD/FD frequencies to maintain mutual-aid capability with the surrounding towns. We've gotten all new VHF-Lo and UHF transmitting equipment from Motorola. Our new consoles are touch-screen Motorola MCC-5500's. They are simple to learn to operate, no more difficult than our Orbacom's were. We are currently on the air with just the UHF PD frequency (453.5625/DPL 664). The officers have already been issued their new UHF portables so we are simulcasting on both VHF and UHF. The patrol cars will start getting their new radios in the next several days, once they are all done we will switch totally over to UHF.
As of now the plan for the FD and EMS is to stay on VHF-Lo until all the fire apparatus and ambulances are converted to UHF (453.6625/DPL 155). Once that is done then they'll move to UHF with only paging left on the VHF. We should be fully operational on the UHF frequencies by the end of February.
This is the 2nd full communications system upgrade since I've been with Wanaque PD. I wish my F/T job would do the same.....I've been there a total of 9 years and the only thing they've done is buy new console furniture for the existing equipment to be mounted into when we moved to a larger room on the other side of the wall from where we used to be.
Oh well.....I'm batting .500!
