While this may be true in many instances, the New York State system was intended to accommodate a huge number of users.
I read the engineering results several months ago (so some of the detail has already become a bit faded in the old brain), and lack of coverage was a minor issue in the entire scope of the rejection of the contract - there were plenty of other serious flaws indicated. Sure, Tyco has filed a lawsuit. I think everyone expected that. You don't simply take loosing a $3 Billion contract (more when you start adding user radios) lying down. Do I think New York State was worried about paying the bill right now with the economy where it is? Sure. But I don't think that the supporting data after several rounds of failed testing is fabricated "political solution" either. And for those who don't know, the radios for the NYS system all did P25 in addition to OpenSky format. Not sure if the OpenSky radios in Pennsylvania would do P25. I was personally disappointed in the system -- I was really thinking it was going to work and be the solution. And it may eventually be made to work - but it's not public safety grade right now, at least not in my opinion, based on outside engineering reports and a few, direct, personal experiences. We'll see what the courts say about it. Chuck ----- Original Message ----- From: "wd8chl" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 9:24 AM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] (OT) APCO P25 horror stories anyone? > The problem with both systems (and is also a problem with Ohio MARCS, > which is Motorola Smartnet w/P25 audio, and MI too), is that they were > designed and spec'd BY THE GOV'T to provide mobile coverage, not > handheld coverage, and they are trying to use it with mostly handhelds. > Also it was only designed to serve a few agencies (less capacity), and > they are cramming everybody and their brother on it, so it overloads > VERY fast. > I've seen this time and time again, where an agency goes for a new > system, and in order to save a buck, doesn't listen to the engineers, > and they wind up with a system that doesn't cover what they want. > > >
