CHP RCS

[Steele]

Heard CHP (115) units on RCS Temecula Disp 1,
Responding to a 10851, SB I 15 at the lower 79,
Already making use of those RCS radios.
When CHP East goes back to gold?
Maybe the (108) units will get to keep there
Hand-held radios for interoperability. Also heard some
Traffic on Delegation protection 1 units talking about the
Governor. Why not the CHP blue?
Maybe the (87) units have RCS radios?
I know that the answer lies in the future minuets!

Steele

[brandon]

Interesting to see the 115 units on the RCS. I'd like to know how that is going to work when they are north of Temecula.

[OSW]

CHP has had an emergency marker on their low band freqs as long as I can remember listening - now if the PDs on RCS could only get that. It's doable on trunked systems because San Diego PD does it - wonder why other agencies who HAD emergency tones on VHF/UHF haven't pushed for them on their trunked system?

The problem with using DTMF for an emergency keep-the-air-clear alert is that IMBE doesn't pass DTMF tones very well. They come out terrible in quality. IMBE was designed around the human voice. Even generic single tones sound a bit garbled, but still better than DTMF.