Wollondilly PMR Down
Wollondilly PMR Down
Just listening to RFS GRN 191 tonight (TG 28240) - Apparently their PMR network is down so its over to GRN. I did catch a message saying that radios had been cloned incorrectly and they all ended up with the same RID so they are having to fix things manually (sounds a bit like a competency issue to me - cloning is pretty simple)
Does anyone know why the PMR is down?
Cheers,
Matt
Does anyone know why the PMR is down?
Cheers,
Matt
Re: Wollondilly PMR Down
Not sure why, But did see a pager message about this yesterday at 2100.
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Now why doesn't it surprise me that the radios were cloned incorrectly with the same RID! That would cause no end of problems!citabria wrote:Just listening to RFS GRN 191 tonight (TG 28240) - Apparently their PMR network is down so its over to GRN. I did catch a message saying that radios had been cloned incorrectly and they all ended up with the same RID so they are having to fix things manually (sounds a bit like a competency issue to me - cloning is pretty simple)
Does anyone know why the PMR is down?
Cheers,
Matt
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Its not the first time either
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Indeed .....citabria wrote:Its not the first time either
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There PMR network is not "down" per say. It is receiving interference from another source and the ACMA has been called in to find the problem.
They did manage to get at least 1 radio per brigade GRN Enabled.
It did strike me as strange though, just from listening in on GRN was that FCO4 (Community Safety) and more so FCO5 (L&D) seemed to be fixing the problem??? I did hear their FCO2 (Operations Officer) call on but he didn’t seem to be the one fixing the issue?
Very odd
I also heard they had up to 5 radios with the same RID and that half of their radios had been deregisted from the GRN not just disabled!
They did manage to get at least 1 radio per brigade GRN Enabled.
It did strike me as strange though, just from listening in on GRN was that FCO4 (Community Safety) and more so FCO5 (L&D) seemed to be fixing the problem??? I did hear their FCO2 (Operations Officer) call on but he didn’t seem to be the one fixing the issue?
Very odd
I also heard they had up to 5 radios with the same RID and that half of their radios had been deregisted from the GRN not just disabled!
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They are only derigistered at the request of the RFS District / Team / Zone.akron wrote:I also heard they had up to 5 radios with the same RID and that half of their radios had been deregisted from the GRN not just disabled!
Usually its because the DTZ don't want to pay the fees.
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The PMR came back up yesterday.
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it is still playing there RFS are working with the ACMA to find out what the problem is.
JimK wrote:The PMR came back up yesterday.
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There has been some media today on the Wollondilly RFS radio problems.
http://wollondilly.yourguide.com.au/new ... 79732.aspx
Some of the RFS members in that newspaper article contacted Ray Hadley about their concerns and Ray interviewed RFS Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons on air today.
I recorded it here - http://members.optusnet.com.au/~sydtrun ... _probs.mp3
It seems that some aren't as technically aware of the issues as the Commissioner.
Mike
http://wollondilly.yourguide.com.au/new ... 79732.aspx
Some of the RFS members in that newspaper article contacted Ray Hadley about their concerns and Ray interviewed RFS Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons on air today.
I recorded it here - http://members.optusnet.com.au/~sydtrun ... _probs.mp3
It seems that some aren't as technically aware of the issues as the Commissioner.
Mike