[BC] Cop car antenna: Low band VHF?

[Blake Bowers]

The other issues with low band include the fact that
very little low band equipment is being made now,
and the capabilty for additional services such as AVL
and data are non-existant at low band.

Also, back 30 years ago, a state police agency may
have 10 cars on a shift in a troop.   Now they may have
50, and lots more traffic - more than a single low band
channel in a troop can handle.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dana Puopolo" <dpuopolo at usa.net>

Many State Police Departments use(d) low band VHF because of it's incredibly
long range. The Mass State Police used to use it and they used four base 
sites
to cover the entire Mass Turnpike. They also used to have in car repeaters 
to
enable the troopers to use portable radios. They now operate on 805 mHz
trunked with many sites. The big problem with Low band VHF is skip, 
especially
during the summer months.

-D

From: "Ronald J. Dot'o Sr." <ron.doto at comcast.net>

When I left Michigan in'76 the MI State Police were still using lo
band VHF.  I used to have a scanner with their freq. in it.  I don't
remember the exact freq. but the allocation tabels for the different
states lo band police freqs. used to be in the FCC regs under the
public saftey part.  I'll leave the research to you.

Ron D