Thanks for the reply Jim, I'm speaking of a mixed user public safety system w/ fire, EMS, 3 PD zones and emergency management.
In our system all of the users of a given channel have to be able to hear and interact with ALL other users on that channel AND the dispatcher - not what trunking was really designed for: "dumbing down" radio ops. Our public safety users are smart enough to know which TAC channel to use and the circumstances that require it's usse or they wouldn't be using a radio. Trunking brings nothing to that table. The dispatcher MUST have control at all times - in the "loop" between what the reperaters hear and what goes out on the air - not connected as a "user" and competing for air-time. Aside from those issues, we have politicians that will not say no when it doesn't cost them any money. Our dispatchers are up to the task at the moment but couldn't / wouldn't handle garbage trucks, health department and all the other non public safety users that would get added to the system without a thought: politicians are inherently incapable of rational thought! So - a trunked system would get loaded up with everyone and anyone who bought a radio and dispatchers and system be damned! However, some of the features found in trunked systems would be very nice to have... Bp --- In [email protected], wd8chl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Bill Powell wrote: > > I'm putting together a new, ground-up UHF analog simulcast system for > > county-wide public safety. Will have 10 channels at 9 sites tied back > > to the dispatch center. > > > > The conventional systems we currently have on VHF work well (voted > > input & simulcast transmit w/ console priority) however we have the > > usual wacker issues. > > > > MDC is required but post MDC is little help in locking out undesired > > users and pre MDC can get officers killed. > > > > I'd like trunking features: MIN/ESN to database for system access, > > stun and kill, GEO position and short message to radio display. > > However, I do NOT want or need trunking itself as it is contrary to > > our SOP and inherrently EVIL: our politicians will keep adding non > > public safety users to the point where the system and dispatchers are > > overloaded! > > > > Ideas other than pre MDC or trunked operation? > > Even a trunking system that is configured to not trunk and preserve > > channel by channel operation? > > TIA, > > Bill Powell > > > > > Why do so many people think trunking is evil???? If you or anyone else > has such bad experiences with trunking, it means you have been dealing > with a system that was VERY poorly installed and maintained. > PERIOD!!!!! > > (and I've seen a LOT of bad ones!) >
