Riverside, CA - New radio system delayed

[Thunderbolt]

RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Completion of a $148 million radio system for first responders in Riverside County will be delayed a year, a project official told county supervisors Tuesday.

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[poltergeisty]

Wait a min. didn't they have delays prior? :lol:

 

[radiomanNJ1]

Let's protect the snail darters and every living thing except humans.

 

[K7CB]

I haven't worked for RSO since 1995. Glad to see they're finally dumping that EDACS system.

 

[EnidPuceflange]

However, Motorola's designs did not meet the requirements for coverage for portable radios the officers wear on their hips, he said.

As a result, workers will complete the radio system and get it running by 2011 but continue working to enhance portable coverage, according to documents.

Supervisors voted to extend the schedule and increase the contract with Motorola by almost $7.5 million to cover design changes.

Increasing the contract to about $111.9 million does not increase the overall price tag, because the added money comes from project contingency funds, Frymire said.

Interesting that the system design turns out not to be right, the contract cost increases but the price stays the same? Perhaps Riverside county have worked with the Bat before - whatever they SAY the cost will be, make sure that you have "project contingency funds" to cover the amount that they underbid by to win the business. That way, you don't have any problems with nasty taxpayers asking awkward questions....

 

[flugpop]

What are the details on this system? I assume that its P25 probably going to be encrypted.

 

[brandon]

Here is the PSEC Project Overview (PDF)
It says the system is supposed to be 700/800 MHz and VHF (P25 and encrypted). Hopefully dispatch remains in the clear and not turn us into Orange County Part 2.

 

[flugpop]

Here is the PSEC Project Overview (PDF)
It says the system is supposed to be 700/800 MHz and VHF (P25 and encrypted). Hopefully dispatch remains in the clear and not turn us into Orange County Part 2.

Why wouldn't they go encrypted?
It's going to be a sad day when that system goes online. I don't see a reason why they wouldn't encrypt the sheriff and other law channels.

P.S
Thanks for the link

 

[zz0468]

Last time I paid any attention to it, there was going to be some P25 elements, but it's not going to be a pure P25 system. I expect it to be rather challenging to monitor, to say the least...

 

[jlanfn]

700 MHz only

Actually, according to the revised Region 5 700MHz plan, dated 16 February 2009,

This allocation also includes additional channels for the County of Riverside so that agency can implement their new radio system entirely on 700 MHz and vacate their 800 MHz licensed channels to facilitate 800 MHz rebanding in Southern California.

Since the FCC requires 700 MHz to be digital, it looks like the new system will be all digital.

 

[zz0468]

I haven't worked for RSO since 1995. Glad to see they're finally dumping that EDACS system.

You lived through the worst of that system. By the time you left, it went through a couple of upgrades that did manage to improve things a tremendous amount. The real problem is that the county had a case of the cheaps, and didn't build enough sites, and they used one radio in the cars for both voice and data. It was a recipe to fail. But really... all in all, I came out of it quite impr3essed with EDACS. It's actually a helluva system. All the problems Riverside had with theirs were self induced.