yaesumofo
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According to this article LA's first responder radio networks will eventually be forced vacate the 470-512mhz frequencies in favor of LA-RICS VO-LTE network (which has not been built yet I don't think).
Will I be able to monitor LTE transmissions? I doubt it. Is this going on everywhere? Right now the LAPD operate a large APCO 25 NON trunked system smack in the middle of that 470-512 band. Where will they go? LA county Sheriff and many local departments same thing.
They say they don't have enough spectrum but here in LA there are swaths of RF spectrum which really have NOTHING going on. What are they waiting for? The process is very slow thank goodness.
I know little about the in's and out's of the Los Angeles first responder/radio situation except that to me it looks like it is going to change dramatically over the next 5-10 years. As a result
scanning, as I know it anyway, is going to change, in a big way. If it even survives as a hobby.
Call me crazy but I think the departments involved should offer a special streaming internet feed to members of the public and media who want to listen. This allows them to be in control, which makes them feel better, we get to listen.
That sure beats the alternative, a system that completely prevents citizens from monitoring Public agencies/police/fire/emergency/activities.
That is a bleak future.
LA-RICS - Los Angeles Regional Interoperable Communications System |*LA-RICS
VoLTE is essential for Los Angeles public-safety network - FierceWirelessTech
Will I be able to monitor LTE transmissions? I doubt it. Is this going on everywhere? Right now the LAPD operate a large APCO 25 NON trunked system smack in the middle of that 470-512 band. Where will they go? LA county Sheriff and many local departments same thing.
They say they don't have enough spectrum but here in LA there are swaths of RF spectrum which really have NOTHING going on. What are they waiting for? The process is very slow thank goodness.
I know little about the in's and out's of the Los Angeles first responder/radio situation except that to me it looks like it is going to change dramatically over the next 5-10 years. As a result
scanning, as I know it anyway, is going to change, in a big way. If it even survives as a hobby.
Call me crazy but I think the departments involved should offer a special streaming internet feed to members of the public and media who want to listen. This allows them to be in control, which makes them feel better, we get to listen.
That sure beats the alternative, a system that completely prevents citizens from monitoring Public agencies/police/fire/emergency/activities.
That is a bleak future.
LA-RICS - Los Angeles Regional Interoperable Communications System |*LA-RICS
VoLTE is essential for Los Angeles public-safety network - FierceWirelessTech