[FedCom] Interoperability Hamppers Agencies

[Greg Brazil]

In every comm van I've been in they have all the local & state radios, 
marine, aircraft and some local fed agencies plus some field 
programmable radios This includes the comm van I was in this past Friday 
owned by a county Office of Emergency Services.  I agree with Ken 
completely, PLAN AHEAD!!!!
Greg (SF Bay Area)

Ken wrote:

> 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
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: <DESloan at aol.com>
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> Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 5:06 PM
> Subject: [FedCom] Interoperability Hamppers Agencies
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>> Check out this  article.
>> http://apnews.excite.com/article/20051016/D8D985LO1.html
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