Two ways used in NYC

[kb9tfh]

Anyone know what models of radios are being used by the NYPD?

Thanks!

Joe KB9TFH

 

[CqDx]

Motorola Saber I for PO, Saber II for higher ranks
Also more and more Vertex VX-537 are being phased in.

 

[SCANdal]

I've always wondered why somebody would need to know this...

KB9TFH,

There are a couple...

Portables:

Motorola:
Saber 1
Saber 1E
Saber 2

Vertex Standard:

VX-537
VX-800

Mobiles / Bases:

Motorola:

Spectra

Vertex Standard:

?

SCANdal

 

[mancow]

I thought it was the SSE5000.

 

[Grog]

I thought it was the SSE5000.

I would agree. Moto made them just for NYPD. I even have a few PDFs about that radio. I wish I could get one, looks like a slick HT

 

[davidd2957]

Pdf ??

I would agree. Moto made them just for NYPD. I even have a few PDFs about that radio.

What is a PDF ??
Thanks
David D.

 

[Grog]

What is a PDF ??
Thanks
David D.

Portable Document Format. An electronic document that must be read with the Adobe Acrobat computer program.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&defl=en&q=define:PDF&sa=X&oi=glossary_definition&ct=title

 

[CqDx]

This is the FCC picture of the SSE5000:
http://rapidshare.de/files/29792453/SSE5000_PICS.PDF.html

...and the manual of it:
http://rapidshare.de/files/29792572/SSE5000_MANUAL.PDF.html

Enjoy!

 

[landonjensen]

does anyone know what FDNY uses as thier radios>? i know that on 9-11 they had very bad reception in the towers when they were rescuing people so then dispatch / IC could not get info to the men inside the building. Anyone know why this happened that they did not get good reception inside the towers?

 

[SCANdal]

Years later and things still haven't been fixed...

i know that on 9-11 they had very bad reception in the towers when they were rescuing people so then dispatch / IC could not get info to the men inside the building. Anyone know why this happened that they did not get good reception inside the towers?

Landon,

Read completely through http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/911/report/911Report_Ch9.htm The answer to your specific question can be found approx. half way down in the paragraph with the bold caption "The Repeater System."

SCANdal

 

[landonjensen]

does anyone know what radios they use?

 

[Southtown800]

i hear they were using XTS3500 Radios for a while... but i know motorola Discontinued them?....so i dont know if they are still using them?

 

[SCANdal]

Currently the...

800,

FDNY Fire units are using Motorola XTS3500R portables (Model I for firefighters and first line supervisors; Model III for Chiefs and above). Mobiles are Motorola Astro Sabers. Post radios are UHF Kenwood TK8150 mobiles.

I'm working on confirming that FDNY*EMS units are using Astro Sabers portables and mobiles.

SCANdal

 

[landonjensen]

yes i have seen ems units with sabers in new York, but not the ff's.

 

[ff026]

i have seen EMS with XTS 3000's

 

[IW_RADIO]

I was in Coney Island (B'klyn) last weekend and I saw NYPD using Vertex portables. FDNY and EMS were using Motorola XTS series radios.

 

[mancow]

So, then who is using the SSE5000 if they have all those others?

 

[ff026]

the SSE's are being field tested in certain Precincts citywide.

 

[mancow]

Oh, I was of the impression they were standard issue.

I wish they made them available to everyone. They look like a neat design.

 

[ff026]

they are field testing both radio's althought they have made a lot of vertex purchases, a final decision has yet to be made.