STARS and VSP Chesapeake?

[tuttleje]

Does anyone know when VSP's 5th Division (Chesapeake) is scheduled to go online with STARS? Now that I have loaded the new firmware into my BCD-396T, I am ready to listen. Previously, my reception of the Richmond STARS channels through the Williamsburg site was spotty. Since the "fix", it's great.

 

[Stick0413]

This is old but its about the closest thing I could find for that question. In the news on the STARS database page.

Virginia signed a contract with Motorola on July 16, 2004. The system acceptance schedule is as follows:
June 2006 - Division 1 Richmond
May 2008 - Division 5 Tidewater
July 2008 - Division 2 Culpeper
October 2008 - Division 7 Northern Virginia
April 2009 - Division 6 Salem
May 2009 - Divison 3 Appomattox
September 2009 - Division 4 Wytheville (final system acceptance)

 

[gcgrotz]

That sure is a big gap in there, but then they roll out 3 divisions in '08 and 3 more in '09. That'll keep the techs busy!

I can ditto the '396 update too. The Fork Mtn tower comes in better and I was down in Louisa yesterday and it seemed to work great. I think Albemarle's multi-site simulcast system works a little better too.

Thanks Uniden!

 

[W4UVV]

Doubtful

That sure is a big gap in there, but then they roll out 3 divisions in '08 and 3 more in '09. That'll keep the techs busy!

I can ditto the '396 update too. The Fork Mtn tower comes in better and I was down in Louisa yesterday and it seemed to work great. I think Albemarle's multi-site simulcast system works a little better too.

Thanks Uniden!

Due to various technical difficulties/problems/issues STARS Div1 Richmond was not accepted June, 2006. My guess is that Div1 must be accepted before much else happens and all projected subsequent installation timelines will slip significantly.

 

[eweiner]

I was talking to one of hte tower contractors that's doing most of Division 5 and it's running behind. Moto is having trouble finding good shops to do the work in Div 5 so a vendor from Richmond is going down to do most of it.