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Western Australian Emergency Radio Network (WAERN)
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 2:46 pm
by JG-103
Western Australian Emergency Radio Network (WAERN) is a 20 million dollar new project that will enable a frequency all emergency services can use, thats my reading of the following report, second page, top paragraph
http://www.fesa.wa.gov.au/internet/uplo ... -5_ceo.pdf
Very interesting, but i think its to be used when police fire and ses have to work together in a single operation otherwise it would be hectic
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 2:48 pm
by JG-103
Confirmed inter operable emergency radio com!
http://www.fesa.wa.gov.au/internet/uplo ... report.pdf
All the details
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 4:29 pm
by WPXZBP
I've seen a demo of it at a Leaders' Forum recently and it works well.
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 5:14 pm
by vk6hgr
WPXZBP wrote:I've seen a demo of it at a Leaders' Forum recently and it works well.
I'd like to seem em in action too. The cross-band repeat ability looks really cool!
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 7:10 pm
by WPXZBP
vk6hgr wrote:WPXZBP wrote:I've seen a demo of it at a Leaders' Forum recently and it works well.
I'd like to seem em in action too. The cross-band repeat ability looks really cool!
Sure is. Each radio can act like a repeater so if we had enough vehicles and radios one person could chat on UHF at Steep Point and chat to someone in Queensland by making a chain of repeaters across the country.