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Articles About Public Safety Radio Systems
Around the United States
California
Here is a page about a
high-tech digital trunked system installed for San Diego County,
California.
Orange County is frustrated
with their $80 million trunked system.
Reliable police and fire radios are a must, asserts this
article.
Police Say
Radios Too Low-Tech
Bad Radios: Grand Jury Tuning In
Once Trusty, Police Radios Are
Now Unreliable in a Pinch
Connecticut
Connecticut
Celebrates Installation of Communications System
Digital
radio system improving communication for State Police
New Police Radio
System Plays Well Among Troopers
Delaware
Information
regarding Delaware's 800 MHz trunked system.
An article
about problems with Delaware's system.
Article says Motorola agrees to fix problems with Delaware's
digital radio system at no charge to the state.
Similar article
to above from the AP.
Read an opinion
about Delaware's radio problems.
Here's another opinion
on Delaware's problems.
An article
suggesting Delaware may have knew about problems with the radio
system.
An article
reporting that Delaware needs more frequencies to fix their
embattled radio system.
An article on
the failures of Delaware's radios.
An article
saying Delaware's radios performed well on July 4.
Article
announcing lawmakers will launch a probe into failures of
Delaware's radio system.
Article saying
"dead zones" in Delaware are being targeted.
Hurricane Floyd put Delaware's radios to the test.
Radios
performed well in a test in Delaware.
An article
saying the radio fix came to $10 million.
An article saying
the radios fared well in Hurricane Floyd.
An article describing
recommendations of a task force.
This article says $7.5
million is needed to construct six new towers.
District of Columbia
This article describes
the desire of some suburban Washington counties to upgrade to 800
MHz systems.
Poor radio communication hampered response to a fire in the
Washington
subway system.
Metro and
Motorola Announce the First Fully Comprehensive Radio Communications System for
a U.S. Transit Agency
Medical Radio
System Crashes Hours After Debut
Florida
A story from The
Tampa Tribune about problems with Tampa's radio system.
Miami Herald article
about how radio breakdowns are forcing the Florida Highway Patrol to write fewer
tickets.
A press release from
Motorola about being ousted from Florida by Comnet.
New police, fire radios off-limits to
media
Sun Editorial: The secret police
Area scanner buffs face silent
channels
Radio system puts
agencies on same wave
Clay radio system misses deadline
City
of Boca Raton Accepts New Motorola Communications System
Georgia
Article on
problems the Atlanta Police have had with their radio system.
Athens-Clarke
County Accepts Motorola-Designed Public Safety Communications System
Hawaii
Cops took their complaints
about a radio system to the public airwaves.
Illinois
Press release
about Motorola installing new radio system for the Department of Corrections.
911 Board Selects
Motorola to Install New Radio System
Cook County Sheriff's Department
Expanding Digital Radio System Countywide
Indiana
Indiana Begins
First Phase Installation of Project Hoosier SAFE-T Communications System
Kentucky
Press
release from Motorola announcing that Kentucky has purchased an ASTRO
digital radio system.
Maryland
Baltimore
Celebrates Installation of Communications System
An article from a
paper in Carroll County about radio coverage problems.
Article about
"dead zones" in Anne Arundel County.
Montgomery County desperately
seeks new radio system.
Carroll County is having spectrum
problems with nearby Pennsylvania counties.
Howard County is building a new
radio system.
Fire illuminates
radio problem
Minnesota
Minneapolis announces plans for a digital trunked radio system
for the city and surrounding area. Read the
article.
Missouri
Kansas City may
have a difficult time convincing taxpayers that the city requires a major
capital improvements program.
Nebraska
Radio system on the
fritz?
Radio contact was
lost with pilot's ambulance
Ohio
Motorola
to Install New Communications System for Hamilton County
Oklahoma
City of Norman to Accept
New Motorola Communications System
Pennsylvania
Read an article
about Philadelphia's proposed $51 million digital trunked radio
system.
A press release
from Motorola about Philadelphia's radio system.
Article
describing a shut-down of Chester County's 800 MHz system.
This site chronicles the problems of the
Chester County trunked system.
This is the official site of the
Pennsylvania Public Safety Radio Project.
Chief says radios still
a problem
Texas
Bitter Rivals
Communication Breakdown
More Than a Radio
Central
Texas Radio Coalition Selects Motorola to Provide New Radio Communications
System
Virginia
Fauquier
County is considering a new radio system.
Poor radio maintenance in Fauquier County,
Virginia contributed to system failure in September.
This article describes how
Lynchburg-based Com-Net snatched a Florida radio deal from Motorola.
This link details a
contract awarded to construct a statewide two-way radio system for Virginia.
A recent edition of Line Copy, found here,
has an article about Fairfax County's upcoming digital trunked radio system.
Washington
Article
about the Washington State Patrol upgrading their radio system.
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