PhillyPhoto
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Any status update?
is it really MA/Comm ?
Yeah they shut it off yesterday, but it was back up as of a little while ago. The site numbering is a little weird, and I would imagine it's just for testing the 3 simulcast sites.
I just don't understand why a town with 26,000 residents needs to spend $6.5m on a radio system like this. The current system isn't busy at all, and picking up some conventional channels would be far cheaper and just as reliable, if not more so.
I was the original Consulting RF Engineer for Wethersfield (1999 to 2008). ComNet/Ericsson and Motorola were the original bidders. ComNet was about $900K more and the project was awarded to Motorola. PD wanted to use the Hartford EDACS switch. We designed the system as three sites, but the town would only finance two. Also there was a separate digital Astro channel licensed/installed, but never used. We simulcasted the FD UHF system and linked the 800 SmartNet to the network. They were one the first to use Evan's consoles, but all the different vendors "crapped" it up - very disappointing. The new Harris system is part of a sweet heart deal with their assistant TM and her close sales friend at Harris. Moto was not the problem. This should have gone to bid. We are not P25 fans since we engineer TETRA overseas and that is like comparing a Corvette to a Ford Fusion. The P25 II voice quality is one the worst I have ever heard. The AMBE vocoders are some of worst.
We designed the system as three sites, but the town would only finance two. Also there was a separate digital Astro channel licensed/installed, but never used. We simulcasted the FD UHF system and linked the 800 SmartNet to the network. They were one the first to use Evan's consoles, but all the different vendors "crapped" it up - very disappointing. The new Harris system is part of a sweet heart deal with their assistant TM and her close sales friend at Harris. Moto was not the problem. This should have gone to bid. QUOTE]
At least someone knows what the real issue was with the system was. Wethersfield loves to bash Motorola when it looks like it was Wethersfields fault it didn't work (See Above) and10 watt repeaters? you really want people to believe that?
I'm sure the Harris system will work fine, it sounds like Harris is being aloud to build the system correctly.
We designed the system as three sites, but the town would only finance two. Also there was a separate digital Astro channel licensed/installed, but never used. We simulcasted the FD UHF system and linked the 800 SmartNet to the network. They were one the first to use Evan's consoles, but all the different vendors "crapped" it up - very disappointing. The new Harris system is part of a sweet heart deal with their assistant TM and her close sales friend at Harris. Moto was not the problem. This should have gone to bid. QUOTE]
At least someone knows what the real issue was with the system was. Wethersfield loves to bash Motorola when it looks like it was Wethersfields fault it didn't work (See Above) and10 watt repeaters? you really want people to believe that?
I'm sure the Harris system will work fine, it sounds like Harris is being aloud to build the system correctly.
Believe what you want. That is what I understood was one of the issues with that system.
The new system is "Lease to own". That is how the town got out of the bidding process.
Bottom line is: MONEY.
Believe what you want. That is what I understood was one of the issues with that system.
The new system is "Lease to own". That is how the town got out of the bidding process.
Bottom line is: MONEY.
Can't be money. Motorola's lease to own offer was less and they would have gotten more from it.
From what I was told they were also going to get the 7500 console and go on the State of Ct switch saving another 50k and it included 3 years of updates for the system.
Public safety & Politics never mix well. Lives are lost that way
Can't be money. Motorola's lease to own offer was less and they would have gotten more from it.
From what I was told they were also going to get the 7500 console and go on the State of Ct switch saving another 50k and it included 3 years of updates for the system.
Public safety & Politics never mix well. Lives are lost that way
From what I read, Motorola didn't even know that a bid was put out.
Don't forget, The town was suing Motorola for a so called "Cadillac" system
that could not be fixed due to a lack of parts and poor coverage. The new Harris "Lease to
Own" has a clause to guarantee parts to be available for 15 years and it must perform to the towns
satisfaction.