Pennsylvania State Police asked for a one-year waiver of the...
Pennsylvania State Police asked for a one-year waiver of the FCC’s Jan. 1, 2013, narrowbanding deadline for private land mobile radio systems below 512 MHz. The agency warned that changing its radios is a big job. “The existing ... VHF…
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radio system consists of 2,500 mobile VHF radios, 1,200 portable radios, 80 dispatch stations, and 109 VHF base stations,” according to a filing at the FCC (http://xrl.us/bmpzie). “The current VHF equipment was purchased over 25 years ago, and is not narrowband-capable.” The FCC also posted last week waiver requests of various lengths from the city of South Lake Tahoe, Calif.; Rockland County, N.J.; Pittsylvania County, Va.; and the Hillsborough Township (N.J.) Police Department. FCC officials have warned repeatedly that while many licensees have not narrowbanded their systems, waivers will not be readily approved (CD Aug 10 p1).