On Tue, 20 Sep 2005 16:02:19 GMT, KØHB wrote:

Two things:

Thing #1) I think "the rest of the nation" stayed pretty well connected.
Regional public service interoperability at the incident was the huge gaping
problem area. (As it was 9/11 and any number of other incidents.)

The very thing that the 800 MHz NPSPAC channels were supposed to
provide. What did the regional (state) NPSPAC delegates do at the
meetings but drink coffee laced with chicory? At least in
California we designated quite a few channels just for that purpose
and every (800 MHz) radio of every agency was supposed to have them
installed, tested, and working (a software "install"), and a lot of
Federal grant money went in to ensuring that.

Or was the problem that they didn't get around to installing 800 MHz
systems even when everyone else did while grant money was available?

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73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane