[TrunkCom] Re: National Radio System

[JERRY NONE]

Well what about s system where all states,
territories, etc. have their TRSs linked to a National
TRS so in case one or ther other goes down you can use
one or the other as a back up.
Or a satellites based TRS.
--- Chuck Boyle kb5rvv <kb5rvv@qsl.net> wrote:
> Who would want to? I can see statewide linkups but
> anything more and you'd be getting into too many
> dedicated channels for the linkups. Would you have a
> different channel for each state or tie all the
> links into one nationwide channel that all agencies
> have to monitor or scan in case of emergency? 
> 
> I think the first would impractical for mobile
> equipment. 
> 
> The second is mildly thinkable, at least from a use
> standpoint. But even that could get irritating; say
> a pursuit runs from Oklahoma into Texas and the
> officer calls for help on the mutual aid channel.
> Not only do the involved agencies hear it but so
> does anyone listening to the link channels
> nationwide. It won't take much for people to start
> ignoring or turning off radios.
> 
> A nationwide linkup would also be vulnerable to the
> same disasters that might take out cell-phone
> networks and at least with cell-phones, someone else
> laid out the capital investment to build the
> networks. That may sound strange coming from a ham,
> but I feel everything has a place in today's
> emergency planning: trunked radio, cell phones, and
> conventional radio.
> 
> Instead of increased reliance on repeaters and
> computer-controlled trunk systems, I'd like to see a
> return to vhf-hi & lo simplex if only for backup
> communications.
> 
> Chuck Boyle KB5RVV
> 
> 
> -----original message-----
> Speaking theoretically, is it possible to built a
> National Radio System linking all P.D.s, F.D.s, and
> S.O.s together.  This would have to include Hawaii,
> Alaska, etc, through maybe some type of Satellite
> Gateways.
> Sort of like a National TRS.
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