ARES teams on alert as West Coast wildfires threaten 4th August 2002 West Coast Amateur Radio Emergency Service teams were on alert at week’s end to provide emergency communication as the Florence and Sour Biscuit wildfires
Emergency agencies going digital 2nd August 2002 Wed, Jul 31, 2002 Thursday will be a very quiet day for people who like to follow local police action by tuning into personal radio scanners. That is,
20 years ago: An industry veteran looks back again 1st August 2002 Twenty years ago, Pat Weisner (MRT’s co-owner and publisher at the time) asked me to write for the first issue of Mobile Radio Technology. He wanted a
Vendor locking 1st August 2002 I worked 11 years for a dealer who stressed that if his manufacturer’s unique trunking protocol were sold, it would essentially lock out other vendors
The interoperability quandary 1st August 2002 A category 5 hurricane slams into the South Carolina coast, flooding coastal roadways, destroying houses and knocking down powerlines. A freight train
Interoperability makes strange bedfellows 1st August 2002 A pilot program for mobile communications interoperability at the Denver Police Department includes 600 Nextel phones. Why strange bedfellows? Denver’s
Communication breakdown 1st August 2002 June 29, 2002 Essex County’s emergency radio system needs replacing, officials say Essex County (N.Y.) has an antiquated emergency communications system
Grand Traverse County delays 911 hike proposal 24th July 2002 July 23, 2002 It will cost county more than $50,000 to conduct special election TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — With the Nov. 5 election ballot already filling
$32 million emergency radio system on horizon 22nd July 2002 Friday, July 19, 2002 Contract is signed on plan to link fire, police countywide By Mike Martindale / The Detroit News PONTIAC, Mich. — A $32 million
Homeland security grant goes to amateur radio membership association 21st July 2002 The American Radio Relay League, Newington, Conn., will receive a $181,900 homeland security grant from the U.S. Government to train amateur radio operators
Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services 1 22nd April 2024
Is LMR the best solution for first responders? Should 4.9 GHz license go to the FirstNet Authority? 3 24th March 2024
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