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Oh wow ... so assume Taree is the feedpoint for that bounce ... that means if that link goes dark then Middle Brother, Taree chop shop, Mt Marie, Mt Ganghat, Mt Myra, Coolongolook and Forster water tower goes dark .... holy shit that's like 60-80% of the area dark from one link failure.

Hmm further to my last looks like Taree may potentially be the hub??

http://web.acma.gov.au/rrl/client_searc ... _NO=525851

Looks like they are getting the up/down infrastructure in before throwing the 420meg stuff up ther

Motorola Vote Network PMR??????? The NSW GRN was designed and building commenced prior to the Jan 94 Bush Fires. The system was called Motorola SmartZone Trunking (not PMR) and was APCO P25 compliant, and it certainly wasn't a vote PMR network. Built by Telstra to NSW Government specifications, it ...

I can understand going 8500 if it's only a few hundred more than a 6500 (not sure of their pricing for either). BUT my concern is them being used as a regular VHF fireground radio instead of their intended PMR/FOPS. I'll have to see if I can con the insurance company to an 8500 instead of a 6500 if ...

Scotty wrote:August 2018 Update:
- Hunter Valley
- Lower Hunter

Apparently both GRN and are both after hours watched by the Nelson Bay marine rescue. I know the main tech person for MR there and have heard some interesting stories about these and their recent upgrade to touchscreen RoIP.

Though change is guaranteed and was especially so after the 91/94 (can't remember which year) bushfires of Sydney and the coronial inquest on it and the lack of comms because the only standard comms medium was 27/477meg CB. That's what spurred the original Motorola vote network PMR (and wasn't it a ...

EXACTLY Macca. But train all you like there is no training like real life and real live events that you have to deal with during the quiete and build up seasons. The amount of crap they've handed down to comms etc from the Tathra stuffup is if anything going to make things worse the way they are jam...

As someone in comms (no brigades or areas mentioned other than EAST rg) I tell you the central dispatch is a bloody ridiculous joke. The people are fine and what not and I get switching over to it at night. BUT they've canned 90% of comms brigades' shifts and activity for no good reason at all. Now ...

Ok that's a surprise given they're one of the richest areas in the region though certainly not uncommon for government nor the first of seen or heard of.

It's odd though when Penrith and most/all of the others have been very progressive.

Unlicensed VHF PMR??? I'm curious as I've not heard of any RFS using VHF for dispatch for years.