[Scan-DC] Subway Radios

[Gary - N3JPU]

Anytime an agency migrates radio systems you hear these stories, especially
from one band to another. So you carry a VHF radio until the UHF system is
operational.

Gary Mitchelson
N3JPU Montgomery Co. MD  FM19
http://www.mitchelson.org/ 


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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/06/AR2008030603
898.html

Radios Don't Work In Metro's New Cars
Portable Alternative's Reliability Is Debated

By Lena H. Sun
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, March 7, 2008; A01



The radios in Metro's highly publicized new rail cars are not compatible
with the agency's troubled radio network, so train operators must rely on
handheld radios to communicate with the system's control center, officials
said.