On 05/24/2021 12:02 PM, Tekkie� wrote:

On Thu, 20 May 2021 19:24:10 -0600, rbowman posted for all of us to digest...


On 05/20/2021 01:37 PM, Tekkie? wrote:

On Tue, 18 May 2021 19:59:14 -0600, rbowman posted for all of us to digest...


On 05/18/2021 01:54 PM, Tekkie? wrote:
I refer to them as Moneyrola. The emergency services feel their bite every time
they hit the mic button to transmit. They lock one into their system and you
pay. When they need a cash infusion they change system protocols or don't make
parts anymore.

I developed an interface to a Motorola Centracom Gold system close to 20
years ago. It was challenging to say the least.

https://used-radios.com/motorola-cen...em-6-position/

When Schuylkill said they were going to use a Centracom system I asked
if they were planning to buy it on eBay because Motorola had moved on to
the shiny new Project 25 stuff.

I imagine there are some agencies that really are scouring eBay to keep
their gear running.

What a deal! Yeah, I'm sure there are, the county had a problem with one of
their repeaters and had to scrounge.

I remembered the s/w they used awhile ago it was Intergraph.



yeah, we picked up a site that was Intergraph. I've been listening to
'it used to work this way' for a year. I don't talk directly to clients
or I would have said 'If you liked it so much why did you leave?'

That's part of the game. Hire a new emergency services supervisor and
they want to go to a shiny new system. The dispatchers may hate it but
they don't get a vote.

APCO has a forum and it's fun listening to the bitching and whining.
It's almost as good as a.h.r.

I'll have to subscribe.


It has its moments. There was a recent thread on dress codes. They range
from complete uniforms to 'we don't deal with the public face to face so
as long as nothing is hanging out'

We sometimes get email saying we're going to have visitors so look
civilized. The irony is if we do have training for dispatchers here they
dress like they're on vacation. Which they are. 'This is really
interesting but can we go to Yellowstone now?'