http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CPMA/ E-mail list for the Central Pennsylvania Monitoring Association Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:48:32 GMT worksntv@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CPMA/message/975 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CPMA/message/975 I would like to hear from someone who can talk about all the problems Open Sky had. Not just the cheerleading pr piece below. Bob Yesterday, Harris Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:16:16 GMT Bob Rice, KG4RRN http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CPMA/message/974 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CPMA/message/974 Yep, analog sure works better than R2D2 radio. At least you can understand every word. Glad the guy tasked with the radio stuff kept the old system, --another Sat, 03 Oct 2009 14:11:19 GMT worksntv@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CPMA/message/973 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CPMA/message/973 Well---the following piece seemed to be written by the state itself. http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/first-responders-convene-for-hands-o Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:35:50 GMT worksntv@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CPMA/message/972 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CPMA/message/972 I heard Snyder County testing a new UHF frequency---453.2875 pl 156.7 Although this is licensed to Snyder This is one of the frequencies to be used as a Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:40:10 GMT worksntv@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CPMA/message/971 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CPMA/message/971 Building two new transmission towers could fix the problems some Hanover-area first responders are having with the county's 911 radio system - at a cost of Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:00:54 GMT worksntv@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CPMA/message/970 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CPMA/message/970 The Forty Fort/Kingston fire department (luzerne county) has a new repeater on the air! KXR807 The repeater site is located on Wyoming Ave in Forty Fort. Sat, 22 Aug 2009 21:05:59 GMT worksntv@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CPMA/message/969 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CPMA/message/969 http://civsourceonline.com/2009/08/17/maine-illinois-and-iowa-sign-radio-dea ls-with-harris-corp/ 73' Bob WB3DYE [Non-text portions of this message have been Sat, 25 Jul 2009 20:04:09 GMT worksntv@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CPMA/message/968 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CPMA/message/968 In other parts of the country, the digital radios–manufactured by Harris Corp.–have caused problems. Earlier this year in New York, officials terminated Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:27:49 GMT Bob Rice, KG4RRN http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CPMA/message/967 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CPMA/message/967 CPMA~ Great news item... UHF Analog, still works, ask Franklin County,  and Chambersburg FD and PD are still on air... former resident, and ham radio guy.... Sun, 12 Jul 2009 15:30:00 GMT worksntv@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CPMA/message/966 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CPMA/message/966 Mike Weaver, director of countywide communications, said that as work progressed — slowly — on OpenSky, project managers found problems with the way the Sat, 09 May 2009 15:28:25 GMT worksntv@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CPMA/message/965 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CPMA/message/965 Out in the test region Chautauqua County Sheriff Joseph Gerace says he was impressed by the system M/A-COM built; however, "i see mistakes made by both the Sat, 02 May 2009 17:44:44 GMT worksntv@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CPMA/message/964 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CPMA/message/964 ALBANY - State investigators have subpoenaed records involving a top lobbyist with close ties to Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, the Daily News has learned. Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:05:41 GMT worksntv@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CPMA/message/963 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CPMA/message/963 Despite the claims of state-of-the-art technology, Stevens said, he will rely on his old paging system and a 1940s air-raid siren atop his fire station until Sat, 18 Apr 2009 15:42:29 GMT worksntv@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CPMA/message/962 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CPMA/message/962 Controversy is swirling around the city of Cleveland's (Ohio) radio system after the local newspaper revealed that officials there used $2.3 million from a Sat, 18 Apr 2009 15:31:29 GMT worksntv@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CPMA/message/961 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CPMA/message/961 Increasingly, the county has been under pressure by police, fire and other emergency service providers to fix the problems with the new, $36 million 911