[FedCom] Interoperability Hamppers Agencies

[Ken]

What's the big deal?  Most PD/FD's have area mutual aid/coordination 
frequencies.  Just give a list to the feds & let them buy the appropriate 
radios.  That would be the least expensive way to go.  No new frequencies, 
no new radios for towns,
cities, counties, state governments.. Only a few radios for the feds.  I 
even add a patch network to a few key federal sites to make it even easier. 
Really not a big problem. Just a lot of hype by electronically challenged 
media reporters.

Also Katrina is a poor example because if a radio tower gets blown down than 
it stands to reason that all the comms from that tower aren't going to work. 
It also shows that simplicity is best.  e.g. Simplex, maybe a repeater, but 
stay away from trunking & multiple linked sites by wire/microwave which can 
fail during severe weather.

Ken

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