Video: SCMA Meeting 7/11/12
Short video showing the group that gathered for the SCMA Meeting on July 11, 2012. Do you see yourself in this video? Join us for the next meeting always the 2nd Wednesday of the month.
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The Orange County Fire Authority has reversed its decision to encrypt its radio and dispatch communications that was initiated Monday. The encryption was part of the county’s upgrade of its 800 MHz Countywide-Coordinated Communications System, managed by the Orange County Sheriff’s Department. Officials said the move was meant to improve public safety agencies’ ability to…
An SCMA member who shall remain anonymous sent in the following photos of the perimeter formed around a Van Nuys neighborhood. Officers received reports of a man with a gun. When they arrived they were greeted with a possible 5150 (Mentally Ill) subject armed with a handgun. His family members were not home at the…
FirstNet Push-to-Talk (PTT) service, provided by AT&T, delivers the performance that public safety needs and can be an LMR alternative for some agencies, according to the captain of a New Jersey police department that conducted a beta trial of the new offering. “I think it’s really going to be a game-changer for public-safety communications,” Capt….
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 DA 12-523 soliciting comments from the public. The period for public comment runs until May…
Bell Gardens has joined a growing list of municipalities opting to not buy into a new countywide emergency radio network being built under a plan approved by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. “As more and more cities withdrew their support of the system, the projected operating cost, which will be shared by the…
There should be plenty of opportunities to monitor the local CHP, police, fire and military frequencies during some “special events” this weekend. President Barack Obama will be back in Los Angeles on Sunday, October 7th and Monday, October 8th. The President is looking to get donations (again) from Hollywood stars and supporters. Meanwhile, more than…