We've heard and seen the Department is in the process of switching over from "wide band" to "narrow band" radios due to some new fangled FCC regulations. The radio geeks can explain it in the comments if they can keep it simple.
But now we're getting word from some of the zones that have switched over that radios are dying mid-tour on a regular basis. And not just the occasional radio, but upwards of half the radios on a zone dying about 6 hours into the tour.
Someone want to explain? Besides the regular excuses about cheap equipment and low bid contracts for batteries and radios that are three and four generations behind the times we mean.
But now we're getting word from some of the zones that have switched over that radios are dying mid-tour on a regular basis. And not just the occasional radio, but upwards of half the radios on a zone dying about 6 hours into the tour.
Someone want to explain? Besides the regular excuses about cheap equipment and low bid contracts for batteries and radios that are three and four generations behind the times we mean.