NIFC? Pending.....

[iamhere300]

NIFC Pending!

The TP9800, and TP9900 will do multi band. We all know that. They do it very well, and are cost effective.

DID YOU KNOW however,

When you order the TP9800 or TP9900, you don't specify the band if you order a single or dual band radio? No base band.

Yep. You don't specify VHF, or UHF, 700/800.

When you get the radio you (Or the shop you purchased it from, programs up the band.

Yep, you pick it. Need a single VHF band? Click the box. Need a single UHF band, click that box. Same with 700/800.

For most agencies, who cares. But for Radio Caches, Interop boxes, Wildland, AHIMT, It is a game changer. Need VHF today, you got it. Need UHF for a deployment, here you go. Going home to a 700/800 system, you got it. Get ready for the next event in a neighboring jurisdiction that runs VHF, you got it

Now, if you want multiband, so 2 or 3 of these bands are on all the time, spend 1k MSRP and get everything turned on. Yeah, next year when the budget allows you.

Of course, you got to change antennas, or start with a multi band antenna.

$2,636.00 MSRP list.

Coming to the GSA schedule. Much less than list.

Sub 2k off the GSA schedule. Most FD's and others can use GSA, Contact your state forestry office. Or ask the POC on the GSA listing

You will very likely be put in contact with a local dealer to you - espicially if you are not GSA set up, but they can help you to make that contact with a GREAT dealer.

 

[Echo4Thirty]

So to be clear, this is changable with regular programming software by the end user? So If my radio is VHF/700/800 right now but I need to interop with an agency on UHF, i could simply write the radio with a template that now has VHF/UHF for example and omit 7/8?

 

[iamhere300]

So to be clear, this is changable with regular programming software by the end user? So If my radio is VHF/700/800 right now but I need to interop with an agency on UHF, i could simply write the radio with a template that now has VHF/UHF for example and omit 7/8?

Correct. If you carry the single band, say normally in the VHF range, and you are having to go to a UHF area, you can laptop your radio with the standard customer programming software and it takes off as a UHF radio after you reprogram it. Customer changeable as long as they can operate the standard programming software.

Of course if you have trunking, it will be there when you get back, or you can use it with the STANDARD caveats such as system key, ID etc on any system you ADD.

 

[Echo4Thirty]

Ok thats pretty slick!

 

[iamhere300]

I think for a cache would be perfect. Much more cost effective than anything else, and individuals who travel for deployments will love it.

 

[ecps92]

I think for a cache would be perfect. Much more cost effective than anything else, and individuals who travel for deployments will love it.

So who ensures the radio is properly tuned for each blast to a new band ?? just an outsiders thought on my end, as I know when I worked PS the radios would be PM'd periodically, with a flash here and a flash there, I can already see radios with spurious emissions

 

[iamhere300]

So who ensures the radio is properly tuned for each blast to a new band ?? just an outsiders thought on my end, as I know when I worked PS the radios would be PM'd periodically, with a flash here and a flash there, I can already see radios with spurious emissions

Hey Bill.

Now a days the need is much less, but there is in production a simple box to do just that. Many of the cache providers are already looking at it. No other manufacturer has even put it on their radar.

Think a computer check compared to a test frequency that already is firmware in the radio. RF and Operation quick check. Red light if it fails either. Then a large user can test jig it right there and probably resolve the issue. Everything is computer based now sadly

 

[ecps92]

Hey Bill.

Now a days the need is much less, but there is in production a simple box to do just that. Many of the cache providers are already looking at it. No other manufacturer has even put it on their radar.

Think a computer check compared to a test frequency that already is firmware in the radio. RF and Operation quick check. Red light if it fails either. Then a large user can test jig it right there and probably resolve the issue. Everything is computer based now sadly

and what Certification does the person performing the work have ? Training, Certifications, last time I looked there were requirements by the FCC for tuning RF equipment - outside of the Amateur Bands

Again old school and don't trust automated systems as there is always a point of failure. Crap in = Crap Out as we have seen with the CCR's and the availability of Commercial radios in the hands of "Not even Amateurs"

 

[mmckenna]

So who ensures the radio is properly tuned for each blast to a new band ?? just an outsiders thought on my end, as I know when I worked PS the radios would be PM'd periodically, with a flash here and a flash there, I can already see radios with spurious emissions

A technician with a service monitor would. Public safety radios should get PM'd periodically anyway. I'd bet that the NIFC does this in the slower months anyway.

 

[mmckenna]

and what Certification does the person performing the work have ? Training, Certifications, last time I looked there were requirements by the FCC for tuning RF equipment - outside of the Amateur Bands

The only FCC certifications required for working on radios is for broadcast, marine and aviation services. Those techs would require a GROL.

For public safety, no FCC certification required, just proper training.

Again old school and don't trust automated systems as there is always a point of failure. Crap in = Crap Out as we have seen with the CCR's and the availability of Commercial radios in the hands of "Not even Amateurs"

Having done both, auto test on my service monitor has proven to be reliable and works well. It also frees up a lot of my time (read: taxpayer dollars). Yes, I can still do it manually if I don't have the autotest software for the service monitor. When looking at hundreds of radios, the labor and possibility of errors gets to be a real thing.

 

[iamhere300]

The only FCC certifications required for working on radios is for broadcast, marine and aviation services. Those techs would require a GROL.

For public safety, no FCC certification required, just proper training.

I can't remember the exact year, but in 2012 maybe, Federal Communications Commission licenses and permits are no longer required of broadcast engineers. Fuzzy memory tells me they are still required for international (HF) broadcasts however.

 

[iamhere300]

and what Certification does the person performing the work have ? Training, Certifications, last time I looked there were requirements by the FCC for tuning RF equipment - outside of the Amateur Bands

Again old school and don't trust automated systems as there is always a point of failure. Crap in = Crap Out as we have seen with the CCR's and the availability of Commercial radios in the hands of "Not even Amateurs"

They have all the license they need. None.

 

[mmckenna]

I can't remember the exact year, but in 2012 maybe, Federal Communications Commission licenses and permits are no longer required of broadcast engineers. Fuzzy memory tells me they are still required for international (HF) broadcasts however.

I think you are correct on the international broadcast thing. It's been a while…...