and sometimes more sites.
----- Original Message ----- From: wd8chl To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 5:45 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Wide Band / Narrow Band Jim Cicirello wrote: > Hi Chuck, > > > > What are you hearing from the Sheriff Joe as your county is a BATA Site for > M/A-Com OpenSky. I am hearing horror stories. Some time if you have a minute > maybe you can bring me up to speed on your opinion as to if this system will > ever be accepted. I know Motorola is waiting in the shadows to put in > something they know will work. Shoot me a comment off line someday. > I don't know all the particulars of this circumstance, but my experience tells me that the problems are going to be either user related, or more likely, the agency that spec'd it didn't do things as M/A-Com said they should. A HUGE problem is putting in less sites then the manufacturer tells them to, so they can save a few bucks. They wind up with VERY poor coverage. Trust me, if Motorola or M/A-Com tells that you need a certain number of sites to cover the area, BELIEVE THEM! Jim
