Radio Upgrade Woes

The Sacramento (Calif.) Regional Communication Radio System is converting its 800 MHz trunked radio system from analog to Project 25 digital, but it’s a tricky endeavor when you have 14,000 users from agencies all across the county, including the Sacramento city police and fire, and county sheriff. A newspaper article details the complaints from Metro fire chief Don Mette, who says that taking half the radio channels off-line could put firefighters in jeopardy. Radio techs explained they must perform the conversion “hot,” and that they’re trying to provide as many channels and talkgroups as possible during the conversion to the Motorola system. Read the full story and the chief’s complaints here.