Statewide Trunked System?

[edge99]

I heard the State of Wisconsin is planning on building a $44,000,000 trunked VHF system. Anyone know if this is true or not?

 

[N_Jay]

Where did you hear it?

 

[Thunderbolt]

They have a few trunked sites currently on VHF-High band, and it would not surprise me if they did this as a cost-saving alternative to 800 MHz. Hopefully, they will go with Motorola P-25, rather than "ProVoice" or "OpenSky."

73's

Ron

 

[edge99]

A salesmen at the Capital Drive Radio Shack in Milwaukee told me about the proposed trunked radio system.

 

[izz]

Federal Engineering was hired by the state to study a statewide TRS.

The reports can be found on the State of Wisconsin website.

http://www.wisconsin.gov/state/home/

In the search box type in (trunked radio system report)

Several reports titled Statewide Needs Assessment and Plan for the Improvement of Public Safety Radio Communications will be shown.

 

[wiradio]

The Wisconsin Office of Justice Assistance has info on the proposed statewide TRS.

http://oja.state.wi.us/

click: Homeland Security > Grant Programs > Interoperability

 

[OpSec]

Don't get excited yet...

 

[edge99]

WOW! Statewide TRS infrastructure costs would be $ 44,000,000
Subscriber units costs would be between $70,000,000 - $ 80,000,000
Gateways and IP-switching $1,000,000

The Federal Engineering's study is almost a year old so we can expect to pay millions more if the TRS ever becomes a reality.