[TrunkCom] JIWN

[David T. Stark]

> Hi everyone, I just saw another update on radioreference.com about the
> JIWN trunked system, and I guess that by 2021 it will be a nation wide
> trunked system.  Does anyone know if eventually state and local
> governments will be joining the system, and what about the federal
> government's switch to all ProVoice?  I had heard a lot of different
> things saying that they will be going ProVoice with regard to the federal
> government and another thing was OpenSky and a few other things like that.

Referring to JIWN as a "nationwide" system is a misnomer.  Various 
standalone systems (both trunked and conventional) used by federal agencies 
and the military around the country are going to be "part of" JIWN. 
However, this is not a single radio system in any way resembling, for 
example, a Motorola SmartZone system.

There is likely going to be a way to link these individual systems together 
temporarily if some situation requires it, probably via IP at the back end. 
In that sense, there is a potential to hook them all up and create a 
"nationwide" radio network, but in actual practice there is no reason for 
that to happen.


David T. Stark
M.A. Criminal Justice / ACJS / CJEANYS / ISI
Adjunct Instructor of Criminal Justice, HVCC, Troy, NY
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