[Trunkcom] MultiNet

Sat, 5 Jan 2002 10:58:02 -0600

I know McLean County IL is not happy at all, they have switched back 
to the old UHF and VHF channels until EFJ can fix the system. Between 
dead zones and equipment failure it has never worked well there.

AFAIK that is the only MultiNet system in Illinois.

At 8:04 PM -0500 1/4/02, JEFFREY MICHAEL KENYON wrote:
>I don't know, but that's one thing I was wondering, but it would seem to
>be self defeating.  Our system has cooling equipment, but the smell is
>quite noticeable in that room. 
>	Also, like many EDACS systems I haven't heard too many good things
>about LTR.  Of course Chester County, PA's system has had some problems
>from what I've heard, and  so has Martin County, Florida.  What customers are
>there that are actually  happy with their LTR systems?
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>On Fri, 4 Jan 2002, T. Leber wrote:
>
>>  Who in their right mind would design a Public Safety radio system without
>>  continuous
>>  duty transmitters with appropriate cooling systems?
>>
>>  -----Original Message-----
>>  From: [email protected]
>>  [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Ben
>>  Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 6:59 PM
>>  To: [email protected]
>>  Subject: RE: [Trunkcom] MultiNet
>>
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>>
>>  >I would guess they were working off a battery backup or something if they
>>  >told them to ease up on the system...Each user on a motorola should have a
>>  >home channel so if the controller goes down it will go to failsoft and
>>  >they will still be able to talk. Of course there may be several users on
>>  >the same channel..
>>
>>
>>  Ben
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>>  >I don't think so, because with conventional Motorola systems,<the ones with
>>  >control channels>, you don't have agency home channels.
>>  >  I live in an area that got hit with an ice storm in '98, the county
>>  >trunking system was going nonstop for days on end, at certain times they
>>  >would tell people to stop talking in order to let the equpiment cool down.
>>  >It is a standard 800 motorola type 2 system <5 channels>. I can imagine the
>>  >mess if it had been an LTR system instead.
>>  >--
>>  >
>>  >The Scanner Dude
>>  >Brian J. Cathcart - KE4PMJ
>>  >South Florida Trunking Guide - 5th Edition (On CD-ROM too!)
>>  >Palm Beach County Frequency Directory - 4th Edition (On CD-ROM too!)
>>  >
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