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Why do they have so many aerials? Is it for cross border communications? Most Police Departments in America are only Town or City forces, so there is the requirement for communications with adjacent Towns or Cities (Mutual Aid). The areas around said Towns or Cities often come under the jurisdictio...

citabria wrote:When was that Mike?

I haven't seen the red "Z" federal number plates in years and years!

Not too sure it is a Federal number plate.

Even though it has a red "Z", the plate is yellow, and the text across the bottom, seems to say "New South Wales".

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BrisbaneScan wrote:just wondering if they have this system linked australia wide

That is what is implied in the Article linked in the previous post.

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The company will upgrade the P25 standard frequency-division multiple access (FDMA) network to P25 phase two time-division multiple access (TDMA) in the four-year period of the new agreement between July 2012 and July 2016.[/i] Despite what was said above, I wonder if it will be genuine APCO Phase ...

. . I see a fleetcomms assignment on Mt Gray but never hear the MPT CC? It is my understanding, that even though it has the same Client Number as the Fleetcoms system, the single frequency on Mt Gray is not part of the MPT1327 network, any more than the 5 frequencies at Sussex Inlet, which are also...

system_tech wrote:PS: 23 sites in NSW, 2 in ACT, 11 in VIC, 33 in QLD, 28 in WA. 4 in SA.

On face value, those numbers look impressive, but for NSW in particular, half the Sites are a UHF system and the other half are VHF, and in about half the cases, UHF and VHF Sites are co-located.

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Bigfella237 wrote:Panter88's ebay profile says "This seller is currently away until January 27, 2012, and is not processing orders at this time."

Chinese New Year - most Chinese dealers have closed up shop till January 27.

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Sigint

It is all a matter of politics.

Generally, the people in the field are not told of the availability of the Liaison channels, mainly because the bosses of the individual organisations don't want to loose control of THEIR people.

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Frequency System Notes Location Sys R NAC W Site # 859.5625 P25 CC nil heard Auckland 002 001 002 00003 002 859.9875 P25 CC nil heard Christchurch 002 001 002 00003 001 Airwave don't seem to be very imaginative in setting up their systems. The new Ergon Energy system in Queensland, being rolled out...

JAFO wrote:Hy Russell,

Any idea if this will take the Remote Head?

As far as I know, the American RH96 works on both the BCD396T, and the BCD396XT, so why wouldn't the Australian RH96 work on both the Australian 396's.

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