Mozilla
Member
Several cities including the City of West Palm Beach, Palm Beach, Palm Beach Gardens and Atlantis have selected M/A Com as the vendor for a new system and chosen OPEN SKY as the system. The estimated time of the system going on line is 12-14 months.
This systems advanatge according to the Municipal Radio Consortium will be its capability to do voice and data. Its should be noted the first 3 cities are currently on a Motorola System, which really just needs an additional site and some infrastructure work. By switching to this system, they will have rely on switches for interoperability, and once the radio travels outside its coverage, they will only have the conventional 800 MHZ mutual aid channels, instead of the Countys mutual aid talkgroups.
This systems advanatge according to the Municipal Radio Consortium will be its capability to do voice and data. Its should be noted the first 3 cities are currently on a Motorola System, which really just needs an additional site and some infrastructure work. By switching to this system, they will have rely on switches for interoperability, and once the radio travels outside its coverage, they will only have the conventional 800 MHZ mutual aid channels, instead of the Countys mutual aid talkgroups.