[TrunkCom] York County, PA information

[Jeff Kenyon]

Well then, why don't they just rip it down as it has  just been a wasted
endever.  Has PSP used any voice coms on the OpenSky system, and what
about crosspatching for testing?  I can't figure out why Oakland County
opted to go OpenSky when all this has happened.  For those of you who are
not familiar with Oakland County, Michigan they have this MDT service
known as CLEMIS and they provide MDT services for all of SouthEastern
Michigan, and they were hoping to overhall the current type II TRS with
OpenSky, and they claim to be able to conserve frequencies when in fact
they have added more freqs and as for the CLEMIS MDTs that are not even on
800 MHz but are on UHF I don't know what the deal with that will be, but
like in PA they have pushed back and back with regard to the move to
OpenSky.





On Sat, 1 Oct 2005, Arthur-Bryan E. Phelps wrote:

> 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 interim, since the original contract signing, the radios became outdated and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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