State of Kentucky P25 7/800 Trunked Radio System

[kib669]

Meanwhile, behind the scenes, the Commonwealth of Kentucky is adding to and upgrading the microwave backbone system for various transmitter sites. Here are the pending license applications:

• ULS Application - Microwave Public Safety Pool - 0010409980 - KENTUCKY, COMMONWEALTH OF
• ULS Application - Microwave Public Safety Pool - 0010409990 - Kentucky Commonwealth of KY Emerg Warnin
• ULS Application - Microwave Public Safety Pool - 0010409992 - Kentucky Commonwealth of KY Emerg Warnin
• https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/ApplicationSearch/applMain.jsp?applID=13883415
• https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/ApplicationSearch/applMain.jsp?applID=13883418
• https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/ApplicationSearch/applMain.jsp?applID=13883420
• https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/ApplicationSearch/applMain.jsp?applID=13883421
• https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/ApplicationSearch/applMain.jsp?applID=13883411

73's

Ron

Those are microwave links for the new towers that they built. They also completed the construction notifications on those towers recently.
Wickliffe Tower - 1318625
South Cadiz Tower - 1318626
Other new sites that are less than 200ft
Webster County DOT location
Wendall training center in Greenville

Also saw that they have new antennas on the WKMS tower located in LBL. Assume they are getting closer.

 

[mastr]

...they haven’t even started testing or building this system yet in Kentucky

...Also saw that they have new antennas on the WKMS tower located in LBL. Assume they are getting closer.

Who to believe now? decisions, decisions.

 

[BJ2021]

I just wonder when they will start upgrading the sites in Lexington and Winchester

 

[mastr]

"They" are probably wondering the same thing.

 

[kib669]

New licenses getting closer to Lexington
WRWM935 Shelbyville
WRWM936 Frankfort

 

[buddrousa]

Just because you see a new license does not mean you will see a new site or activity anytime soon.

 

[davidp124]

Noting WRUD847, 772.36875/P25 Data w/NAC 9CF, Dunmore KY, Comm KY KSP Com Branch. All it is is data now.

Warren Co KY

 

[trashman43]

Noting WRUD847, 772.36875/P25 Data w/NAC 9CF, Dunmore KY, Comm KY KSP Com Branch. All it is is data now.

Warren Co KY

@davidp124
Is the site number showing?

 

[davidp124]

@davidp124
Is the site number showing?

Site 1, System IDs as 9C0. According to FCC website its 100w output

 

[BJ2021]

I wonder how long before the sites in Winchester and Lexington come online

 

[buddrousa]

Each site has to have a T1 or Microwave link to have all sites connected

 

[kib669]

Just because you see a new license does not mean you will see a new site or activity anytime soon.

Legally, they have one year from license issue to construct or file for an extension.

 

[kib669]

Each site has to have a T1 or Microwave link to have all sites connected

Existing tower sites already have digital microwave as part of the KEWS network. That is how their current systems are interconnected.

 

[buddrousa]

Thanks I am very aware of License and KSP Links but I doubt the old links have the bandwidth needed for the new system.
The current system is only using 1 talk path the new system could need up to 8 or more talk paths.

 

[BJ2021]

Anymore towers come online beside that one in dunmore

 

[mastr]

Anymore towers come online beside that one in dunmore

I am going to have to just stop looking at this thread. It time for me to get busy with my part of "haven’t even started" for today.

 

[trashman43]

I am going to have to just stop looking at this thread. It time for me to get busy with my part of "haven’t even started" for today.

probably thought you were going to start after IWCE

 

[BJ2021]

🥱😴

 

[BJ2021]

If this system was being built in Florida it would have been on the air and being tested

 

[trumpetman]

That's hilarious. Florida is the last state I would use as an example of a successful statewide radio deployment.

If you're looking for fast paced changes, you've come to the wrong place. Zone cores, backhaul, and the rest of the back-end infrastructure can be online for YEARS before the first RF site goes on air, in fact the RF sites are usually the last thing to complete in a system build-out.

Statewide systems are a long and drawn out project, so don't expect anything to happen quickly.