Michael A. Terrell wrote:
"Steve W." wrote:
Sounds like most of P.A. They had big M come in and install all new gear
across the state all of it P25 crap. The coverage area went from
something like 85% in the worst spots to less than 60% now in the best
locations. There were a couple videos out that showed them testing the
system and two people were less than a mile apart and could see each
other but the radios wouldn't work. Then there are the guys in NYFD who
can stand on opposite sides of a brick wall and cannot talk. Just what
you want for crews who will be risking it all entering a building on
fire and they can't talk to the crew outside!!!


It will bite them some day when it's the family of the ones who
signed the contract needs help, and they can't get it because of the
crappy radios.


I mentioned that to our counties Emergency services people (both the
head and his deputy) and was told.
"There is nothing we can do to change it" When I mentioned lawsuits and
such from deaths and fires where the radio signals didn't trip our
pagers or where crews couldn't talk to each other the answer was "We are
not responsible for that, and we're not worried because nobody will sue
us. We're just following the law"

I figure it will take a death or two in families that are involved in DC
before they will start listening to the folks who use the equipment over
big M and their ilk.

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Steve W.