|
Your tax dollars at work to reinvent the wheel!!!!
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: KA9QJG
Sent: 12 January, 2006 21:28
Subject: [Repeater-Builder] first-of-its kind device This is
2006, is this Not a Repeater or am I missing something here, --- first-of-its
kind device -- Duh. Happy
Repeater Building De Don
KA9QJG From a
newsletter called "Government Security" Connecticut
emergency responders create communication device
Connecticut
emergency responders say they have created a first-of-its kind device that will
allow rescue crews from several agencies to talk to each other at the scene of
an emergency or disaster, The Associated Press
reports. If the
invention proves successful, it could help clear one of the biggest obstacles
Homeland security officials have been trying to overcome since the 2001
terrorist attacks: the inability to communication across radio
frequencies. Dubbed STOC,
for "on-Scene Tactical Operations Channel," the device combines a radio and
receiver into a single box that instantly receives a signal from one frequency
and sends it onto another frequency, officials
say. Neighboring
towns typically handle rescue communications on different radio frequencies,
hindering communication in a crisis. Many municipalities around the country are
trying to solve the problem by buying new radios to get regional agencies on one
frequency. "The beauty
of the device is, we don't have to buy more radios," says Wayne Sandford, the
state's deputy Homeland security director. A prototype
has been developed, another is in the works and state officials have allocated
nearly $2.1 million to build a box for towns across the state, Sandford
says. Sandford
adds that he believes Connecticut is the first state in the nation to develop
such technology. He said the state should know within the next few months
whether it is successful. YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS
|
- Re: [Repeater-Builder] first-of-its kind device Dick
