Union,SC county to upgrade communications

[bonk83]

going to use satellite units on existing towers around the county for areas like lockhart,jonesville.cross keys,carlise with the narrowband would not be able to reach the main tower

 

[trunktracker71]

what are they going to what band are they going to the pal 800 or p 25 which would be a huge mistake or are they going to be smart and stay on vhf

 

[SCPD]

The Motorola folks are making big money on the horrors of less coverage with narrowband. Using a DECENT Motorola or good quality radio. The coverage is the same. The only time its worse when the "sun noise static " is loud and the audio is readable but in the sun noise instead of on top of it. sun noise is that electrical type noise on dry low humidity days. I know of a state agency that has not lost any coverage due to narrow-banding but they have used it as an opportunity to make what they have better 1 5/8 cable vs 7/8 and higher sites where possible. However the narrower emission was not the motivating force.

 

[SCPD]

Trunktracker71 Union and Darlington currently have the same output 154.445 and the same input 153.890 but the PLs are different ... Darlington 118.8 Union 127.3

 

[trunktracker71]

oh yeah i knew that what i was wondering was are they going to stay with vhf or make the mistake of going to the pal 800 or the p 25

 

[nbccsa]

What I read about it was that they are upgrading the system with more transmitters, and depending on which of the reporters' statements is correct, either adding them to existing towers and/or adding some new towers. Nothing about switching to all new radios. Seems to be just to extend coverage with narrow band on same frequencies.

 

[bonk83]

union will not make the fcc jan.1st mandate to narrowband but confident it will be up & running by mid feb.
but have to narrowband by mid 2013 before any penalties take place

 

[bonk83]

What I read about it was that they are upgrading the system with more transmitters, and depending on which of the reporters' statements is correct, either adding them to existing towers and/or adding some new towers. Nothing about switching to all new radios. Seems to be just to extend coverage with narrow band on same frequencies.

going to be on existing cell phone towers thats what they are saying so far
but the main tower has moved now its on the same tower as the sc forestry commission the old tower had to be moved because of building a new plant