[TrunkCom] Re: National Radio System

[JEFFREY MICHAEL KENYON]

Well, if say all the lower 48 states which are right next to each other
got trunking systems be tt APCO-25 or other system types, then they should
be all linked up, but it soundw like these people are forgetting all about
APCO-25 and whait is intended for.  Now, as I said earlier just the lower
48, but we would have to some how link Hawaii and Alaska on the same kind
of ssstem, and then provide some kind of a link to the main systems, but
my guess is that this will take years to put together.





On Wed, 7 Aug 2002, Chuck Boyle kb5rvv 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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