Monday, July 02, 2007

 

OPS... Not In Westmoreland You Say ?

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Yes, the Blah-ger no longer resides in Westmoreland County ! I'm sorry but I couldn't take living in the same county as Compissioner Tom Balya anymore, it was just too much. I moved to Butler County and the air now smells better and I see a lot less Motorola vans driving back and forth to the different 911 tower sites. ( and I no longer need those Valium pills ! )

In fact BUTLER COUNTY did exactly what I was attempting to do in Westmoreland County, they installed and are using 400 Mhz radio equipment ! They have FULL COUNTY COVERAGE with less than half the tower sites. Gee, sounds like some insane technician might have been right about 400 Mhz communications ?

What does that mean ? In the month or two that I've lived here I don't believe that I've heard one police officer or fireman ( or EMT for that matter ) ask to have a transmission repeated.

NO MORE 10-9's or " PLEASE REPEAT ". Everyone hears everyone else.

It is a DAMN GOOD EMERGENCY RADIO SYSTEM and best of all, IT WORKS !!! If fact I heard one police car report that he just arrived in Pittsburgh. Nice coverage.

I can still listen to the Westmoreland County system up here thanks to GMAN's 24 hour rebroadcasting of the WC 911 system on the internet... but I do that rarely.

The Westmoreland County 911 radio signals are too weak to reach Butler County directly on my Bearcat or Radio Shack scanners, even with an outdoor antenna mounted 15 feet above the peak of my roof, that's why I use the broadband internet feed.

Westmoreland County got cheated in every way, poor equipment, very inept County Commissioners, and because of using 800 Mhz they have a poor signal. That means if a COP car is in pursuit of a vehicle heading into Butler County, they will lose all radio communications at the county line.

But then again, isn't that what I've been saying all along ?

IF YOU ARE A FIRST TIME READER OF THE BLAH-G and you live in Butler County, stop by and say hello on my website and drop me an email at webmaster@k3sam.com. I am going to design a website for the BUTLER CO. PUBLIC SAFETY very shortly, much like the one I already have for Westmoreland County's 911 system and since I do not know shit about the inter-workings of Butler Co.'s 911 I could use some help. ( visit Westmoreland Co.'s site @ http://800.k3sam.com )

While living in Westmoreland County (most of my life) I got to know many of the 911 dispatchers and department chiefs. That was a BIG advantage in writing the Blah-g. The information that I delivered to the readers was timely and actuate. Hell, I use to know exactly which towers were down and which ones were targeted for service. I hope someday I will know the inter workings of Butler County as well is I do Westmoreland.

In the meantime if I hear of any breaking news for EITHER county I will surely post it here, or at least I'll try... if I can... perhaps a bit late but better late then never... or at least I'll tell my German Shepard about it. ( He listens a lot better than the Westmoreland County Compissioners ever did ! ).

Happy Fourth Of July, Please Don't Drive and Drunk !!
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DECODED,
K3SAM
Sam W. Jacobs
FCC Licensed Commercial Communications Engineer

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