[ScanIndiana] Fort Wayne / Allen County Backup System

[Matthew Payne]

Didn't Ft. Wayne keep their old 800 MHz trunked system to use as a
backup in case the new one failed?  I seem to recall that the old
system was being used by city municipal (non public safety) agencies,
but the old system could be used by public safety as needed for
backup.

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Matt


On 5/31/07, Ken Bandy <kbandy at iatse30.org> wrote:
> I doubt very seriously that their 800 MHz radios will dual band to VHF,
> that's a pretty big split!  I would imagine they were being assigned to a
> few "Mutual Aid" 800 MHz repeaters, such as the NPSAC, or what ever the
> alphabet soup is for them.
>
> Ken
> KC9GLQ
>
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>
> Really? Like 155.790 MHz for FWPD north dispatch? Wouldn't that mean all the
> cars would have to have both an 800 Mhz radio and a VHF radio in them? Or
> are the 800 MHz radios dual band? Before the system went down, I heard
> people being advised to switch their radios to a particular "zone" number
> and turn off their scanning feature, which would imply that they're able to
> use the same radio for the backup system that they use for the primary TRS.
>
>
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>
> Their backup channels are the old channels they used before they went to
> 800.
>
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