[TrunkCom] JIWN

[Jeff Kenyon]

Hi Dave and the group.  What is the P-25 JIWN system on the west coast in
Oregon and Washington being used for then?  I had always wondered when it
would be expanded to the rest of the country.





On Wed, 28 Mar 2007, David T. Stark wrote:

> > 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
> ARES / RACES / Skywarn / QCWA
> NF2G / IBN-289 (ex-N2CSB, KYR-7128, KNY2DJ, RCMA NY-172, NYSING-01)
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>
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