Midland SO OPS1
Rn1 is correct. OPS1 was on a leased tower site in the 3700 blk of E SH158. The property was sold, and a perfectly good 500' tower was dropped. This site hosted OPS1, TALK and County Fire, as well as MIDCOM PD. Also a commercial TRS and some ham radio projects.
County Fire temporarily used the antenna dedicated to the VHF interop base stations VCALL10, VFIRE, VLAW, etc, so those have been out of service. County Fire moved to a site East of Midland last Friday 6/13/14. It doesn't see much activity as both VFDs rely on the city's EDACS. It is unknown if the VFDs will transition to the city's P25 Phase II.
MIDCOM PD/FD are both now on the Courthouse. We will continue to use conventional VHF P25 for day-to-day traffic, primarily because VHF remains the band of choice in the Permian Basin and our state and federal,partners. However, when the Motorola MCC7500 consoles cut over in the next 60-90 days, we will be simulcasting OPS1 on the regional TRS in Phase 1.
We are in the process of upgrading to the Motorola APX dual band mobiles and portables, similar to the radio that DPS is upgrading to.
We are also in the process of constructing a 450' tower near SH158 and IH20. That should be delivered within 30 days, and the contractor has been identified to stack it. At that point, OPS1 and TALK will return to service. The frequency for OPS1 may change to avoid some co-channel interference from Reeves County. The VHF interop base stations will return to service at the same
Sorry, I can't comment on specifics beyond that.