Will Minnesota be going P25 phase 2 on Armer any time soon?
MnDOT constantly monitors the levels of voice traffic on the system, and reports that there are very few areas of concern within the system where traffic levels occasionally cause any concerns with the system users. As such, there are no near-term plans to begin conversion of the system to Phase 2 operation, though the majority of the State’s 800 MHz repeater stations would be capable of Phase 2 operation. This is not necessarily the situation within the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area, where a large number of the older STR stations are still being used, and it is within the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area that traffic congestion problems are more likely to be experienced in the future. Nearly all the subscriber units on the system would need to be replaced before ARMER could migrate to Phase 2 operation.