[TrunkCom] York County, PA information

[Arthur-Bryan E. Phelps]

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, for reasons that elude rational, signed a
contract with M/A Com before the system had ever been tested as a statewide
system.  The taxpayers of the Commonwealth probably do not realize the costs
resulting from costs that exceed the original contract by millions of
dollars.  Also, the vendor who was contracted to install towers went
bankrupt.  According to bidding regulations, the Commonwealth is required to
verify that any vendor is financially stable.  There are other factors as
well.  Whoever "dropped the ball" on that bid is probably selling hot dogs
or soft pretzels in Philadelphia.  A representative from TYCO told me that
the PSP is using their MDT system and some repeaters, etc. for their current
VHF system that works fine.  For those of you not familiar with
Pennsylvania, we do not have a relatively flat terrain like, for example,
Delaware.  We have mountains, valleys, metropolitan areas and some rural
areas that are so far removed from the mainstream that you need a compass or
GPS to locate.  Initially, the budget included all the radio and dispatching
centers that were to be constructed.  Later the two components were given
different budget codes to disguise the actual dollar overage. In the
interim, since the original contract signing, the radios became outdated and
had to be replaced.  I have been told that PENNDOT is using the 800MHz
system.  I know there were numerous complaints, but I don't believe they
reverted back to the VHF system. Even though the current Governor is
frustrated, I think you reach a point beyond which it is too late to "fold".


-----Original Message-----
From: trunkcom-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:trunkcom-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jeff Kenyon
Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2005 6:01 PM
To: Discussion of Monitoring Trunk Radio Systems
Subject: Re: [TrunkCom] York County, PA information

That is OpenSky, and from what I have heard as you have it is junk, and if
you read my earlier posts here to the list Oakland County, Michigan has
some OpenSky stuff on the air, but no moves to the new system and M/Acomm
keeps pushing the change over date back and back.





On Sat, 1 Oct 2005, JAMES HAUGH wrote:

> I have no idea I was told that penn dot and psp went to a 800 trunked
system but that is all I know
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