[Scan-DC] For those wondering what happened to Washington Gas........

[Doug Kitchener]

Thanks, Jeff, that's what I thought.

Regards,

Doug



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> From: Jeffrey Holmes <jeffreyholmes74 at gmail.com>
>To: Doug Kitchener <oldsdoug at yahoo.com> 
>Cc: "Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net" <Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net> 
>Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 3:26 PM
>Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] For those wondering what happened to Washington Gas........
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>The OpenScare....I mean the OpenSky2 system here in our area,  negative.  But the VHF P25 system out West, affirmative.
>On Dec 10, 2012 3:20 PM, "Doug Kitchener" <oldsdoug at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>So, can this system be scanned with the current technology that we in the hobby have?
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>>Thx!
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>>DK
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>>>________________________________
>>> From: Jeffrey Holmes <jeffreyholmes74 at gmail.com>
>>>To: Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net
>>>Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 2:21 PM
>>>Subject: [Scan-DC] For those wondering what happened to Washington Gas........
>>>
>>>http://urgentcomm.com/utility/harris-announces-washington-gas-deployment?NL=UC-03&Issue=UC-03_20121206_UC-03_97&YM_RID=jwilliamh@aol.com&YM_MID=1356634&sfvc4enews=42
>>>Harris announces Washington Gas deployment
>>>Dec. 6, 2012 Donny Jackson
>>><http://urgentcomm.com/author/donny-jackson> | Urgent
>>>Communications
>>>
>>>Washington Gas has upgraded its communications to a hybrid
>>>OpenSky2/P25<http://urgentcomm.com/technology/land-mobile-radio/p25?intlink=autlink>system
>>>from
>>>Harris <http://urgentcomm.com/companies/harris?intlink=autlink> to serve
>>>utility personnel in the Washington, D.C., Maryland, Virginia and West
>>>Virginia areas, according to a recent announcement.
>>>
>>>Harris deployed the system more than year ago to replace the "aging"
>>>infrastructure that Washington Gas had been using — a simulcast system in
>>>the Washington, D.C., area and conventional infrastructure in West
>>>Virginia, according to Chris Sarantos, area sales manager for Harris.
>>>Washington Gas upgraded to a 22-site OpenSky2 network in the Washington,
>>>D.C., area and a 4-site VHF trunked P25 network in its Virginia and West
>>>Virginia territory, he said.
>>>
>>>"The reason we went with OpenSky was simply because of the capacity that is
>>>allowed by the protocol," Sarantos said during an interview with Urgent
>>>Communications. "They went from a wideband, 25 kHz system to a narrowband,
>>>12.5 kHz system without the need for a control channel. So, we more than
>>>doubled their capacity."
>>>
>>>
>>>(snip)
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