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Monthly Archives: April 2012
Woman Clings to Side of Van During High Speed Pursuit
A wild pursuit ended with a bank robbery suspect being pulled out of a minivan by a police K-9 in Whittier. It all started just after 10 a.m. Monday at the First Financial Credit Union in the 2500 block of … Continue reading
Costa Mesa to Keep Fire Department, Won’t Outsource
The city of Costa Mesa has voted to keep its fire department instead of contracting services with Orange County. In a unanimous vote late Tuesday night, the council rescinded layoff notices to 87 firefighters, effectively canceling a proposal to use … Continue reading
Mayor Villaraigosa Wants to Bring General Services Cops Into LAPD
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is expected to propose merging two of the city’s law enforcement agencies in a cost-cutting move that would also let him fulfill a campaign promise to expand the LAPD to 10,000 officers. As part of his budget … Continue reading
Background on the T-Band Give-Back
The publication Urgent Communications has a nice Q and A article on the new law requiring a reallocation of the 700 MHz “D Block” to Public Safety in return for their give-back of the 470 – 512 MHz T-Band frequencies. … Continue reading
Chicago Seeks T-Band Advice from the FCC
The city of Chicago is questioning the FCC over a new law requiring them to move off the T-Band. Will other areas that heavily use the T-Band (like Los Angeles and the planned LA-RICS system) follow? This is going to … Continue reading
Long Beach Grand Prix Frequencies
With the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach taking place this weekend, SCMA Member Glen Rothstein, LA-145, passed along the following web site which lists frequencies used by the Indy Car series, drivers and teams. Thanks Glen! http://www.racebyrace.com/drivers/irldrivers.phtml?year=2012 If anyone … Continue reading
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Tagged frequency, grand prix, indy car, long beach, race frequencies, toyota
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LAFD Receives Third AW-139
The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) has taken delivery of its third AgustaWestland AW-139 helicopter. After a cross county flight from the AgustaWestland plant in Philadelphia, Pa, the aircraft, “Fire 2,” will give the LAFD additional firefighting and rescue capability. … Continue reading
LAPD Radio System Fails for 12 Hours
After Los Angeles Police Department radio communications went down for half the day on Tuesday, a city councilman on Wednesday demanded the firing of the official whose agency caused the problem. Councilman Mitch Englander said he will call for the … Continue reading
FCC Grants First Narrowbanding Waiver to Missouri Petitioners
The FCC granted the first waiver of the Jan. 1, 2013, VHF/UHF narrowbanding deadline to the Missouri counties of St. Louis and St. Charles, the Jefferson County 9-1-1 Dispatch Board and the East-West Gateway Council. The FCC’s narrowbanding mandate requires … Continue reading
FCC Seeks Public Comments on Emergency Communications by Amateur Radio
In response to the Congressional directive to prepare a study to assess Amateur Radio’s role in emergency and disaster communications and the impact of private land use regulations on the amateur community’s ability to provide such communications, the FCC issued … Continue reading
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Tagged amateur radio, disaster, disaster communications, emergency, emergency communications, fcc, ham, radio
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