InspireWaukesha87
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Saw this on RACOM Corporation page, looks like Walworth County will be going to a P25 trunked radio system in the near future
Walworth County radio upgrade
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More Phase 2 in the SE corner...plan your future purchases accordingly.
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Yep...LOL... it might be online by 2029
rjschilder
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I highly doubt it will take that long.Yep...LOL... it might be online by 2029
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I am half joking and half serious.... LOL... I am basing my prediction on another similar system that still isn't up and running after 7 years of "Planning" and construction
Greetings...
I always thought that Walworth county was a perfect candidate for a Trunked Radio System. Interoperability is kind of a joke in Walworth County, at the moment:
Law enforcement in the county operate on 3 different bands (UHF, VHF, 800MHz)
Fire Departments in the county operate on at least 2 different bands (UHF, VHF)
Public Works in the county operate on at least 3 different bands (UHF, VHF, 800MHz)
That's not including WI State Patrol (VHF Trunking) or UW Whitewater's UHF NXDN trunked system. All this for a county whose population is just over 100,000 people.
Tim
I always thought that Walworth county was a perfect candidate for a Trunked Radio System. Interoperability is kind of a joke in Walworth County, at the moment:
Law enforcement in the county operate on 3 different bands (UHF, VHF, 800MHz)
Fire Departments in the county operate on at least 2 different bands (UHF, VHF)
Public Works in the county operate on at least 3 different bands (UHF, VHF, 800MHz)
That's not including WI State Patrol (VHF Trunking) or UW Whitewater's UHF NXDN trunked system. All this for a county whose population is just over 100,000 people.
Tim
rjschilder
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Anyone know what band they will select?
The County law system is currently analog repeated 800 MHz, so a solid assumption is they will stay 7/800 for the trunking system. I can't see any reason to deviate from that.
Any more news on this?
KC9UNK
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You're referring to city of Delavan using NXDN
KC9UNK
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It's been said they'll be going 800mhz trunking. The same as waukesha county pretty much
DVINTHEHOUSEMAN
Up North
Hopefully we won't see more SO's and PD's with the big E (or a Vilas County little e) as a result of this.
19-685
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Just wondering if there's any updates regarding this new system implementation?
19-685
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One of the Fire/EMS Study Committee Agenda/Minutes from April 2023 indicates a couple of target dates only:
2023
Complete Civil Bid Request for Radio Project
No actual date given, only this year.
2024 to 2026
Complete Radio Project
2023
Complete Civil Bid Request for Radio Project
No actual date given, only this year.
2024 to 2026
Complete Radio Project
Not sure why people refer it to the "Big E". Its encryption, is that a bad word?.
Found this video from February 5, 2023. At 8:21, one of the Walworth County deputies shows another Deputy one of the new portables that he is trying out and says the rest of the deputies will probably be getting them soon. It sounded like they were multi band and work on Walworth's 800 MHz frequencies. This might be preparation for a trunked system or at least a switch to P25.
