http://www.ntia.doc.gov/legacy/psic/IJ/MA.pdf
Massachusetts got $21 million for interop radios in 2007 - where did it get us? ------------------------------------------------------------- Dont read any of the following depressing stuff. Middleton highrise box alarm today - Middleton E1 on 460.575 R - Danvers E3 no where Franklin medevac call - helo and LZ was on the main channel - good thing they didnt have any other calls working BAPERN 4 tied up by surveillance ops continuously (by 1 PD apparently) Half of agencies never answer radio tests Boston interops channel 460.275 - never used - never tested Brockton FD + Lowell FD + Lawrence FD - still on VHF Carlisle FD still on 33.66 Marlboro FD still on 800 Sudbury PD still on 800 Itac and Utac and Vtac radio channels rarely heard in use - never tested MetroFire radios rarely tested by any fire agency Hanscom AFB never heard on any mutual aid channels No radio linkage between MEMA and CMEDs No radio linkage between CMEDs and fire aid centers No radio linkage between CMEDs and police mutual aid centers - if there really is any such thing No radio linkage to electric companys or gas companys On the bright side - BFD tests subway radios on Sunday mornings - 1 PD tests on BAPERN 3 each evening (is that Waltham like in the morning?) - many more agencies are on UHF with full local coverage - if the new channel loads are for real, and the interop channels come alive, and they work out a good scheme for using them - that will be a good change also -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "massfire" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/massfire?hl=en.
