Grant money can be found, if you know where — and how — to look
One of the big questions on the minds of those tasked with executing the FCC’s mandate to convert land mobile radio systems that operate below 512 MHz to 12.5 MHz-wide channels (or equivalent) — from the current 25 kHz-wide channels — a process known popularly as “narrowbanding,” concerns where to find the money for the project. According to Dr. Chris Gilmore, a grant-writing consultant with Gilmore-Tragus Strategies, plenty of money is available.
