Florida Radio Problems?

A report by WFTV-TV in Orlando says the Florida Highway Patrols’s radio system is the subject of over 100 complaints by troopers, who say their radio calls are sometimes answered by comm centers hundreds of miles away from their own post. You’ll recall the state designed an 800 MHz trunked radio system, and then awarded Motorola a contract to build and maintain the system. It was originally spec’d for mobile coveage, and it took more money to increase coverage on the system. The state eventually switched operating responsibility for the system to M/A-COM, and the conversion to that company’s gear is continuing. Read the TV story here.