I was just browsing about this morning when I came across a PR article about JVC/Kenwood/EF Johnson developing a digital radio system that will operate on the VHF Low Band for the California Highway Patrol (same as their current analog system?). I only found the one article, but in my search, I found a dead thread here on P25 and VHF Low Band. I'm just curious about how they plan on deploying this new network. I presume they will continue using their 700/800 MHz portables as mobile extenders. I'm guessing that when this is deployed, it will be the largest P25 system on VHF Low Band.
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P25, VHF Low Band, California Highway Patrol
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I posted that a few weeks ago. The CA people say CHP will never go digital on low band.
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CHP going digital on low band??
I don't know how accurate any of this is. https://www.criticalcommunicationsreview.com/ccr/news/101103/jvckenwood-to-provide-professional-digital-radio-systems-to-the-california-highway-patrol https://www.jvckenwood.com/en/press/2020/01/press_200131_1.html JVCKENWOOD Corporation (JVCKENWOOD)...
It won't happen anytime soon.
It's not going to happen
More than likely they will eventually move to a P25 700-800 system in the near future for all operations
More than likely they will eventually move to a P25 700-800 system in the near future for all operations
They will stay on low band. Without adding a huge number of sites they would never get the coverage that they have now on UHF.
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