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US Sets Up Emergency Multi-Band Radio Project

Posted by samzenpus on from the switch-it-to-channel-danger dept.

coondoggie writes "Looking to help eliminate the dangerous and inefficient hodgepodge of communication and network technology used by emergency response personnel, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today said it had picked 14 groups from across the country to pilot an ambitious Multi-Band Radio project. In 2008, the DHS Science and Technology Directorate awarded a $6.2 million contract to Thales Communications to demonstrate the first-ever portable radio prototype that lets emergency responders — police, firefighters, emergency medical personnel and others — communicate with partner agencies, regardless of the radio band they operate on."

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  1. Really? by Frosty+Piss · · Score: 4, Funny

    New government program to make us safer, managed by Homeland Security? This can only end in a very expensive disaster...

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  2. Hey while they're at it... by Billy+the+Mountain · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why don't they add in an analogue television signal?

    BTM

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  3. Re:Check with amateur operators by Red+Flayer · · Score: 4, Funny

    Commercial products are __far__ cheaper and far easier to assess the bugs, including "birdies". (If you've ever used a spectrum analyser you why there called birdies.

    I've never used a spectrum analyser, so I'm going to assume it's because they drop verbs from transmissions.

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