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    Since I sold the radios to Remsco (Regional Emergency Medical Services Council of NYC) I will once again answer this question in more detail. There are 30 regional councils in NYS and REMSCO is the one for NYC. Go to the DOH web site for more information.

    As i stated before these are part of the NYC Doitt channel 16 (uses the old TV channel 16 spectrum) and uses a talk group on that system. It is a UHF T-Band (470 - 520) radio with Motorola trunking software. All EMS agencies (vollie and commercial) that operate 911 in NYC and all hospitals in NYC were issued these radios to be used as needed for mass commmunications.

    It is not part of the old 800 Mhz Motorola Smart Net system as that system is maxed out and cannot be expanded.

    I am going to get on my soap box and ask why is that some people post answers when they dont know what they are talking about is it to inflate there own ego?

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    Ok, so in the Empress Communications Center there are 2 XTL series mobile radios. These radios only have 1 channel programmed into them. The channel name is REMSCO. These radios were provided to Empress/Emergacare by NYC. If NYC requires mutual aid for any reason (terrorist attack, plane crash or MCI), a NYC dispatcher can key up 1 or both of these radios & make their mutual aid request.

    Now, the questions I have are:

    1. Does anyone know if these radios are VHF, UHF & are they conventional or trunked?

    2. What does the "REMSCO" alpha tag stand for?

    3. Do any other agencies in Westchester County have these radios?

    Thanks in advance!

    They are using a talk group from the new channel 16 DOITT system which is on T-Band (UHF 470 - 512).

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    Maybe this is one of the reasons why GM is failing.....this truck showed promise, and they dropped it. Same way they lost market share to Ford by dropping the Chevrolet Caprice line.....

    Why do you assume that this line was a profitable for GM. I would guess that maybe they sold 20, 000 or 30,000 if that many with cost of a production line, parts, traning etc that is not enough to make a profit, you needs to sell a miunimum of 100,000 or 200,000. Its a big country and the cost of doing business from coast to coast is enormus.

  12. Posted · Edited by xfirefighter484x
    Edited to Comply to EMTBravo Article Posting Requirements

    Charges upgraded against wrong-way Taconic driver

    By Terence Corcoran • tcorcora@lohud.com • September 11, 2009

    YORKTOWN — Charges were upgraded last night against a Bronx man accused of driving his livery cab the wrong way on the Taconic State Parkway while drunk.

    Gregorio Pena, 44, was charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated, a misdemeanor, when state police stopped him around 10:40 p.m. Wednesday after he drove north in the southbound lanes of the Taconic for about 1.8 miles.

    http://www.lohud.com/article/20090911/NEWS...arkway%20driver

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    Richmond (Staten Island) is up on 482.04375 PL of 77.0 - confirmed from NYCfire.net

    Also there are now two Fire Citywides and a new list of EMS dispatch channels also.

    Just a techniocal correction here. This is Muticast not Simulcast.

    Multicast is the same traffic on 2 different frequencies.

    Simulcast is the same traffic on the same frequency from multiple locations like Duthcess County 911 and Westchester County DPS F1.

  15. Posted

    So, yeah.

    I've got an otherwise mediocre ambulance here, except that fancy county radio that my tax dollars bought doesn't seem to be working.

    When powered on it displays "MAINTENANCE MODE / REMOTE DEVICE" and doesn't do anything else.

    Anybody know how to turn this little bugger back into a useful radio?

    Radio needs to go back to the Motorola depot for repair. Contact the either of the 2 DES authoriezed Motorola shops for depot repair whioch are Metrocom 244-3500 or ESS 592-5005.

  16. Posted

    The people that run commercial raido stations are idoits. Just look at what they did with WCBS / 101.1. They took station that made 30 million dollars and changed the format to Jack radio and ran it into the ground. Then they switched back to oldies after they lost most of their advertisers and listeners.

  17. Posted

    :D Started to look around for a computer to use in the ambulances. Found several vendors and started to get pricing. I know there are some people on this forum who worked with rugged computers in or out of EMS. Your 2 cent will be helpful.

    Thanks

    You may to consider the Motorola Ruggedized computers that are in mnay of the police cars such as Greenburgh, Harrison, Yorktown and Ossining. They are availbale on NYS contract and are 35% off at this time. Contact your Motorola dealer.

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    OFFICE FOR TECHONOLOGY FINDS M/A-COM IN VIOLATION OF

    STATEWIDE WIRELESS NETWORK CONTRACT

    Fifteen of Nineteen Deficiencies Remain Unremediated

    ALBANY, N.Y. (January 15, 2008) - The New York State Chief Information Officer and Office for Technology (CIO/OFT) today announced that M/A-COM Inc., the vendor awarded the contract to build the statewide wireless network (SWN), has failed to deliver a satisfactory and acceptable public safety communications network and is in default of the contract. As a result, the State has exercised its right to terminate the contract for cause and presented a demand notice for the payment of a $50 Million Standby Letter of Credit to the State (SLOC) without delay.

    Operational testing conducted by CIO/OFT in November 2008 revealed M/A-COM failed to satisfactorily remediate fifteen of the nineteen, or 79% of the deficiencies, as outlined in the August 29, 2008 default letter, rendering the network unacceptable for public safety use.

    “We are extremely disappointed M/A-COM has failed to demonstrate the reliability of their OpenSky technology, especially its network and subscriber radios, which are the core of the system,” said Dr. Melodie Mayberry-Stewart, Chief Information Officer and Director of the New York State Office for Technology. “Per the terms of the contract, we have given M/A-COM every opportunity to remediate existing deficiencies. However, the state’s testing concluded M/A-COM is unable to deliver a system that meets the needs of New York State’s first responders as stated in the contract.”

    As part of the contract award, M/A-COM was required to furnish the State with an irrevocable SLOC in the amount of $50 million. Based upon M/A-COM’s failure to cure its default under the SWN Contract, the State has presented a demand notice to the financial institution for the payment to the State without delay. Further, after any draw down, M/A-COM is required to replenish the account to its full value of $50 million and the State may continue these draw downs up to $100 million in total. Since notice of contract award to M/A-COM in April 2004, the State has incurred more than $54 million in project operating expenses.

    Additionally, Federal Engineering, Inc., the independent validation and verification firm hired by the State to assure the network meets contractual technical, functional and operational requirements, and coverage requirements revealed similar unsatisfactory remediation results per the SWN contract.

    The State remains committed to delivering a public safety communications network with statewide coverage providing interoperability that allows for sharing voice and data communications between and among first responders and jurisdictions. CIO/OFT is beginning to research and develop contingency plans and will continue to work in partnership with state agencies and public safety first responders to provide a communications network that meets the high standards of performance required by the State.