the BLAH-G

They have MANY unused portables that are just sitting there and there are still other departments without enough radios. Why didn't they just get what they needed- especially for a PRIVATELY OWNED organization?

Why do they get their own talk group and nobody else does?

Since after a year, you own the radios, does that mean a department can sell any unused radios they have? We'll see.

Also, why is it that the "contracted installer" attaches the XTL5000 mobile's ground lead to a fiberglas firetruck body? This is just one of the very many eff-ups that we had to repair in vehicles already.

So far, we've found:

unfused power leads

butt-spliced power leads under a vehicle that corroded off in 2 months

chafed power leads that caused blown fuses- no loom over the cables

radios, control heads and RF decks mounted with 1 thumb screw

many improperly installed power leads in battery cutout switch equipped vehicles

antennae mounted on fiberglas with no ground plane

antennae mounted on decklids- against the contract's spec of roof mounting

many many labor corners cut to save time and $$

control heads mounted on top of pump panels (the W5 head is NOT weather/water resistant)

pinched wiring

radios that actually fell out of the console

relay drilled through by a TEK screw

radios that had headphone systems installed VERY improperly

antennae that were never connected to mobiles (1 even had no RF connector on the coax!)

control station Yagis installed with no lighting protection or grounding

Yagis pointed in the wrong direction

broken control cables from improper installation in ladder truck turntables
ring terminals corroded off the battery terminals (shouldn't even be connected to the battery)

firewhistles that fail to activate since the bases won't "auto power on" after a power failure

radio control heads mounted incorrectly because the contractor said "it can't be done" and we did!

This is Motorola's "factory approved and trained" contractor? These installers must have come from Burger King and have never worked a day in their life in the electronics field.

Motorola says that the radio must be installed by their contractor to have a warranty? They better send someone here from Schaumburg to look at the high quality work that is being done on their radios. I can get my 7 year old nephew to do a better job.

+++++ end guest Blah-g +++++


THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE of the many emails I receive for the Blah-g. Most authors do not wish to be published however this fine person AGREED to have their email POSTED for everyone to read JUST TO SEE HOW BAD THINGS ARE from someone who has to work with this system and it's techs.

THANKS and I will post more when you, the writers give permission. In reading this email it is EASY to guess WHERE it came from however due to job security, WHO it came from will remain Anonymous.

With that don’t drink too much Moose Milk and Please, Tech’s at Staleys you have to remember that just putting a RADIO IN A VEHICLE doesn’t make it work, you have to CONNECT IT (correctly would help also).

DECODED,
K3SAM

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# posted by Blah-g @ 6:32 AM