[TrunkCom] cut over strategies for moving users to 800 MHz

[Mike VanderVeer]

> Good evening everyone.  Since I got my Pro-96 I've been keeping a 
> bit closer tabs to the progress here in Detroit with the cut over to 
> the MPSCS subsystem that is up and partially running with some 
> users.  Right now the current users are the DPW and lighting DEPT, 
> and city offices and building security and the water board.  I'm not 
> sure if the water board is still on low-band with a patch, but it 
> doesn't appear to be patched to anything on the trunked system.  As 
> far as coverage goes it is fair in Grosse Pointe, which is just a 
> few minutes drive from the east side of Detroit.  I'm just curious 
> what has been the strategy for moving other major cities to new 
> systems?  It appears that with Detroit it is the non-public safety 
> people to move over, and then I would imagine that soon they'll be 
> patches appearing to VHF and UHF stuff, and then the cut over, but 
> the other thing is that the move to digital has been delayed in 
> Detroit several times.

You're probably on the right track to what they will do.  The water 
department is one of the heavier users of the system.  For the moment they 
are still on a temporary site running at 25 watts.  Hopefully the full system 
should start comming on line sometime soon.

Mike