[TrunkCom] Oakland County CLEMIS/OpenSky progress

[Jeff Kenyon]

Hello everyone, here is a bit of information on what the progress has been 
with Oakland County from radioreference.com and the last update was in June. 
Last check nothing has been decreased as far as coms on the old type II 
system, nor have there been any patch activity on UHF/VHF conventional 
channels, so my guess is things are being pushed back.
News Update Posted on 2006-06-11 12:29:30

Once again, delays plague the long-awaited CLEMIS Radio system. Currently, 
the plan is to begin implementation of the radio system in August/September,
after coverage issues in the city of Troy are resolved. Once this major step 
is completed, the users on the old Motorola system will be converted over
to the OpenSky network, which is part of Phase II. This will allow for the 
recycling of the old Type II frequencies, into the new system across the 
county.

Once Phase II is completed, Phase III will begin in earnest and should be 
completed by January, 2007. This will include replacement of old radios, and 
implementation
of the new M/A-COM technology throughout the county. This process will begin 
in the north and move to the south, with the communities that border Wayne
County being the last to come online. Likewise, new consoles will be 
installed at the same time at all area PSAPs.

News Update Posted on 2006-03-12 19:29:09

Latest update on the Oakland Co CLEMIS Open Sky System: Approximately 1,800 
mobile radio installations are in the scheduling process with an estimated 
completion
in June, with a county wide rollout of the system in July 2006.

News Update Posted on 2006-02-09 15:56:46

System update

Significant coverage problems in the city of Troy in other areas of the 
county have caused more delays than expected. Moreover, recent testing of 
key components
and two microwave relays have been absolutely unacceptable; thus, setting 
back the startup date by several months. Likewise, in-building coverage is 
still
a key issue at several key locations throughout the county, especially in 
the southeastern quadrant.

According to information received by an inside source, she says the system 
startup date has been pushed back until late 2006 at the earliest. That 
being
said, public safety officials feel that it's best to have all the bugs in 
the system completely eliminated before the switchover takes place. 
Hopefully,
once this last hurdle in completed, the County can fully rollout their new 
state-of-the-art radio system, which has been under construction over the 
past
four years, and was to have been completed in roughly half that time.

News Update Posted on 2005-11-25 14:30:09

Coverage issues still plauge the implementation of the system in the City of 
Troy. Recent field testing of the new APCO 25 FCC Type Accepted portable 
radios
has been nothing but dismal. Currently, it appears that portable radio 
coverage within some of the major structures (Sommerset Mall, Oakland Mall, 
etc.)
within the city is at best 60%. Both these locations are just over three 
kilometers of the site at Big Beaver (16 mile) & I-75. The rollout for the 
City
of Troy was expected to commence October 1, 2005, but it now appears that it 
won't be until April, 2006 at the earliest.

News Update Posted on 2004-11-10 11:44:47

Due to several problematic and unforeseen technical issues, MA/COM has 
pushed the changeover date of the new system back to October 1, 2005.

News Update Posted on 2003-10-23 23:05:05

>From Hazel Park data is being heard on all frequencies except:

866.7375
867.1375
867.3250
867.5875

News Update Posted on 2003-09-09 20:23:09

System roll-out continues as several undercover groups have moved over to 
this system within the last month, including the Oakland County Organized 
Crime
Task Force and Homeland Security/Emergency Management Agency. Local 
communities are expected to start slowly switching over on October 1, 2003, 
and the
pace will pickup after the Halloween period.

News Update Posted on 2003-02-15 13:35:07

Reports indicate this system is now on the air in an initial testing phase.

News Update Posted on 2002-01-19 17:29:51

01/18/02 - Oakland County has announced that they will go with M/A Com for 
their long anticipated digital trunked system. This system will be based 
upon
the M/A Com OpenSky TDMA Digital protocol which will allow more than one 
conversation to take place on a single frequency.

This system is also known as the Oakland County CLEMIS - System

Newspaper article at: http://www.freep.com/news/locoak/nradio18_20020118.htm

Tower Locations for System-2
List of 4 items
. Pontiac (196 Oakland) 150 watts ERP
. West Bloomfield 4530 Walnut Lake Rd. 160 watts ERP
. Troy (I-75 & Crooks) 75 watts ERP
. Pontiac 1024 N. Telegraph Rd. 160 watts ERP
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