News: Years After Sept. 11, Critical Incidents Still Overload Emergency Radios
Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2018 9:31 am
If you go back and listen to the recording of the Broward County radio dispatch system during the shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School last month, you can hear the frustration in the voices of police.
"I can't transmit for some reason," says one officer. Other first responders echo the complaint.
"Just so you know, we're having trouble transmitting," says another person, and more than once, you hear a general plea for users to limit their communications to "10-33 calls" — radio code for an emergency.
"All cities, all radios be advised to keep your traffic to a minimum. With each transmission, it's causing it to crash, it's overloaded right now, per Motorola."
https://www.npr.org/2018/03/12/59190670 ... ncy-radios
"I can't transmit for some reason," says one officer. Other first responders echo the complaint.
"Just so you know, we're having trouble transmitting," says another person, and more than once, you hear a general plea for users to limit their communications to "10-33 calls" — radio code for an emergency.
"All cities, all radios be advised to keep your traffic to a minimum. With each transmission, it's causing it to crash, it's overloaded right now, per Motorola."
https://www.npr.org/2018/03/12/59190670 ... ncy-radios