I am surprised when Denise at KDPS told me that the DPW and other city services for Kalamazoo are on good old VHF, and that itis just the DPS and Metro Transit...
JEFFREY MICHAEL KENYON
at649@...
Apr 1, 2003 10:15 pm
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hi Rick and the group. I remember seeing that in the talk group list for the city system that one group is listed for WMU PD. I can't quite remember which...
JEFFREY MICHAEL KENYON
at649@...
Apr 1, 2003 10:15 pm
3191
Well lets see... Kalamazoo DPW/Water/Streets has 3 VHF repeaters around Kazoo. If they have 50 VHF mobiles at $500 each, that equals $25,000. If they...
That makes sense too, but I guess that Kalamazoo is the only city that I have been to that has police and fire and transit on their system. Other systems I...
JEFFREY MICHAEL KENYON
at649@...
Apr 1, 2003 10:33 pm
3193
Ehhhhhhhh. Wrong. Thank you for playing. Next contestant please. With multi purchase discounts, the cost of those digital handheld radios is all the way down...
Now, what did they do there? I understand it was quite a project with dispatch even in December of 2001 when we were just rapping up on the major changes to...
JEFFREY MICHAEL KENYON
at649@...
Apr 2, 2003 3:17 am
3196
The MCS-2000 (the KDPS radio) is an analog smartnet type IIi, NOT Astro digital. It kind of makes you wonder why they cost so much. It also makes one wonder...
Hello all.. I live across the pond in Sheboygan, WI Today on 155.340, I monitored a Medical Helicopter giving patient information and landing pad instructions...
Hi Rick: So your saying that the WMU system is an ASTRO Digital TRS? Also, that Kalamazoo Twp. PD is now on the WMU TRS? What baud rate is the WMU TRS running...
Michigan's statute (750.508) very clearly states that peace officers and "a bona fide amateur radio operator" are exempt from this law. No permit is required. ...
... I'm making a few educated guesses about the WMU system. It has both analog and digital users. I can hear normal analog voice traffic from maint, Reid,...
Mr. Mike Ma..chen, K9DRX, Please explain to us the difference between Iron and Dickinson County, MI (Yoopers), to Sheboygan, WI residents, or anywhere else. I...
Hi Rick, I was wondering about the WMU TRS. How many sites is it? I would expect there to be holes in coverage on both systems because of all the hills, and...
JEFFREY MICHAEL KENYON
at649@...
Apr 2, 2003 12:56 pm
3205
WMU is ASTRO 9600bps for the PD's. (analog for the other users). It is one site, there is no backup site ,and the coverage is spotty in buildings in Portage....
Huh? I don't remember saying there was a difference. Upper Peninsula folks are commonly referred to as Yoopers and I have several relatives in that area. I am...
There is a North Flight that is based in Traverse City Michigan. Here is a URL for them: http://www.northflight.org/ The reason I know this is I live in the...
The Aircraft is Northflight out of Traverse City, MI. The have both a helicopter, and fixed wing. What you heard was probably the fixed wing because the...
Well, I figured that and that the WMU system especially wouldn't work out that far. With the few KDPS officers I have seen with portables they had the speaker...
JEFFREY MICHAEL KENYON
at649@...
Apr 2, 2003 10:57 pm
3210
... traffic handled over NEXTEL esp. by KVET. Also just about every officer has their personal NEXTEL and a lot of traffic is done over them so the public...
How well does the DVP-XL work for you? It seemed like a lot of coms on your system for detectives and narc were in that mode and I am assuming still are. If...
JEFFREY MICHAEL KENYON
at649@...
Apr 3, 2003 1:38 am
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I listen to the North Flight Rescue helicopter on 155.34 communicating with the hospitals they are bringing patients to, i.e. Munson Medical Center in Traverse...
Hey, I've been hearing some pretty weird audio from the boys at MSP post #52 on our counties VHF repeater lately. A sorta echo-y raspy quality to it. I've been...
Hi John, that is what it sounds like to me. For some counties they will patch a talk group on the MSP trunked system to their freq or freqs. I don't know...
JEFFREY MICHAEL KENYON
at649@...
Apr 3, 2003 1:50 am
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I think that is happening in Grand Traverse County too, some times their audio sounds just like you described. However, GT County in not going to join the MSP...
Hi Dave, when I was in the 1998 citizen's police academy when I was a student at NMC Dan Scott, who is now retired said the same thing that they were not...
JEFFREY MICHAEL KENYON
at649@...
Apr 3, 2003 2:22 am
3217
Jon, No known patches in my area. I have heard there is some limited use of patching between MPSCS and existing systems. "statewide 5" is a talkgroup on MPSCS....
Outstanding Gentleman! Thanks to everyone for the great responses. I really appreciate it. I am sort of a Med Copter "guru" and I like to monitor even the...
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