So much technology creates excessive distractions for the first responder. You can go from in my opinion "a first responder to a worst responder" with needlessly complex communication systems.
like limiting comms inside old buildings and underpasses? no thank you. It's good that they're improving comms. There's not a lotta complexity, it's in fact more efficient. But I get your point, it's easy to integrate this into your agency. I don't know about LE (other than our county marshals) but on the FF side it works well
@@smeersmcdunkurmom Building penetration and coverage area are a function of carrier frequency and site density, not the increased amount of gizmos in your portable. You get NO additional LMR coverage with this vs a regular radio, and LTE backhaul only works with systems designed for it. The vast majority of first responders regardless of branch use only a few talkgroups/channels for communication anyway, and most don't even take the unit out of its pouch for the entire shift. Maybe these Android phone/radio amalgamations are useful for command staff/shift sergeants in urban areas, but beyond that, I doubt that these truly increase functionality and productivity for the average patrol deputy, beat cop, or firefighter/paramedic.
Emergency communications over cellular is a horrible idea! Just think about it, whenever something bad happens everyone gets on their cell phone. That floods the towers and will make it very hard for first responders to communicate. I will stick with my trusted radio communications I have been using over the last 20 years or so.
@philh1826 my state NC has a 800 mhz system called VIPER. the radio still has to be in range of a tower to work. As far as long distance radio without using a repeater you would need to go HF range.
Motorola has lost it's way. Law enforcement and fire / rescue just needs clear and loud audio without distracting screens to take their eyes away from their surroundings. Only a base or command center needs the multi-screen display and the add ons. It just needs to transmit and receive and not be a cellphone full of apps.
should not count on 4g when you need it
I really hope that they can still use regular radio bands. In case wifi is down. 😂😂😂
Specially since china can easily attack our infrastructure.
= telephone ...
So much technology creates excessive distractions for the first responder. You can go from in my opinion "a first responder to a worst responder" with needlessly complex communication systems.
like limiting comms inside old buildings and underpasses? no thank you. It's good that they're improving comms. There's not a lotta complexity, it's in fact more efficient. But I get your point, it's easy to integrate this into your agency. I don't know about LE (other than our county marshals) but on the FF side it works well
@@smeersmcdunkurmom Building penetration and coverage area are a function of carrier frequency and site density, not the increased amount of gizmos in your portable. You get NO additional LMR coverage with this vs a regular radio, and LTE backhaul only works with systems designed for it. The vast majority of first responders regardless of branch use only a few talkgroups/channels for communication anyway, and most don't even take the unit out of its pouch for the entire shift. Maybe these Android phone/radio amalgamations are useful for command staff/shift sergeants in urban areas, but beyond that, I doubt that these truly increase functionality and productivity for the average patrol deputy, beat cop, or firefighter/paramedic.
Emergency communications over cellular is a horrible idea! Just think about it, whenever something bad happens everyone gets on their cell phone. That floods the towers and will make it very hard for first responders to communicate. I will stick with my trusted radio communications I have been using over the last 20 years or so.
What do you use? I'm frequently in yhe desert without cell service
@philh1826 my state NC has a 800 mhz system called VIPER. the radio still has to be in range of a tower to work. As far as long distance radio without using a repeater you would need to go HF range.
There are dedicated slices of bandwidth for them
Motorola has lost it's way. Law enforcement and fire / rescue just needs clear and loud audio without distracting screens to take their eyes away from their surroundings. Only a base or command center needs the multi-screen display and the add ons. It just needs to transmit and receive and not be a cellphone full of apps.
simple this is not simple u gonna get a lot of people hurt