[BC] Public Service Communications

[Blake Bowers]

Uh, Rich, are you trying to say that NYPD was using
digital radios during the towers collapse?


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rich Wood" <richwood at pobox.com>
To: "Broadcast Radio Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2005 10:26 PM
Subject: Re: [BC] Public Service Communications


> ------ At 08:33 PM 10/22/2005, DHultsman5 at aol.com wrote: -------
>
>>TV stations and the NAB have nothing to do with it,   The main  reason we
>>don't have interoperatable public radio systems is local police,  sheriff, 
>>state
>>troopers and fire departments want their own channels and don;'t  want to
>>share anything.  They all have their fifdoms and between them and  APCO 
>>they get
>>what they want.  And you and I pay for it.
>
> Part of the 9/11 problem was that a FEMA-like contract went out to replace 
> the analog NYPD radios with digital. There was a big stink when they 
> discovered that they weren't effective in many buildings. They hadn't been 
> properly tested. I have NYPD friends who were angry as hell to find their 
> most important weapon wasn't reliable. I believe part of the problem was 
> that the repeaters within the World Trade Center hadn't been updated. 
> First responders never got the order to evacuate.
>
> Rich
>
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