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SA bought and built a paging network with the GRN, and the paging transmitters are collocated at GRN sites, and use the same backhaul.

Given that the commercial returns on running a pager network only get smaller from year to year, reckon there's much chance of NSW doing something similar?

Actually the brown bombers are about the only ones you can realiably hear in the clear! (Not counting SES and RFS because they're only on when training or when there's a job on.) Given how cheap ADP is, i'd be suprised to not find everyone using it soon enough. The ACTION stuff is probably "real" cr...

They're probably planning to go secure, it was one of their channels, I didn't catch the full name but it had the word ACTION in it. I couldnt see AFP handing out their keys to anyone.

P25 equipment availability for midband would be a huge problem. I'm sure Motorola would be more than happy to build equipment for that band, but they'd charge appropriately

If they went anywhere other than UHF it'd probably be high band.

Wonder if the new "Telco Authority" will keep campaigning for access to 700MHz spectrum for police etc?

The ACTION buses situation gets more interesting. Saw an XTL2500 or XTL5000 (O5/M5 headed radio of some sort) with the secure icon on and flashing KEY FAIL on 474 this morning...

D-Notices are voluntary, and anyway there's nothing to cover this sort of material in the notices that are in effect.

SMH still doesn't know the difference between SECRET, TOP SECRET and IN-CONFIDENCE

Maybe someone should leak a copy of that page of the Protective Security Manual next time.

Queanbeyan still has analog. Not for long though, I expect.

And you'll generally pay a lot less for it, especially given the current exchange rates.