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West midlands Switch to airwave

West Midlands police are now nearly fully covered by airwave,at the time of writing Only Wolverhampton still using analogue radios. The new radios are sepura srp 2000 More Featuring gps. On speaking to a west midlands police officer although she said coverage and reception was better. The new radios were taking some getting used to and the constant beeping at the beginning and end of transmissions was most annoying. Also the fears of cancer and other health related problems was of great concern to herself and coleagues.

Uniden BC246T

Uniden has just released the Uniden BC246T scanner. From all accounts the "Close call" feature works very well. I am trying to get one of these units into the UK to try against my ever faithful Opto scout. Hopefully soon we will be able to review this unit on the review pages.

Police demonstrates its commitment to improving its service to the public

Warwickshire Police is currently upgrading the Control Room in its Communications Centre into a state of the art facility as part of the force’s commitment to improving customer service. More

New Uniden Trunking scanner

News from strong signals site of a new trunking scanner compact in size with plenty of features including, Uniden’s exclusive Close Call™ RF Capture Technology zeroes in on nearby transmissions without the need for programming, even when the BC246T is in other modes, scanning, searching or holding on a frequency. For example, if someone transmits within a few hundred feet (range depends on transmit power and other radio traffic in the area), the scanner immediately detects and tunes to the transmission, ideal for use at events when the frequency being used is unknown. Lets hope this works better than the one employed by Alinco's DJX 2000. Not sure if this will be on sale in the UK. More info

Dolphin Tetra shuts down

After a very shaky life, news is that Dolphin tetra will be finally closing down on 31 July 2004. Most users are expected to switch to mpt 1327 trunked systems.

Seventy march against Tetra mast


Residents march against the mast in Llandidloes on Monday
More than 70 placard-waving protesters marched through a mid Wales town on Monday night against a Tetra mast that's been erected near homes and businesses. Link

West Midlands police air support
West midlands police have launched a page dedicated to the Air ops helicopter Alpha Oscar one. With images you can download on your desktop

Latest news Icom announces release date for R-20. Icom is pleased to announce details of the IC-R20 handheld receiver. Aimed as the successor to the IC-R10, the IC-R20 has many advanced features incorporated into its clean stylish design including dual watch; built in digital (audio) recorder function; wideband coverage in all modes; high speed scan capability and a standard Lithium Ion battery. The IC-R20 will appeal to such users as scanner hobbyists, security/surveillance companies, government agencies and other professional users. The IC-R20 will be launched at Fly, The London Airshow and will be avialble from late May 2004. For more info Icom UK



Legal action is to be taken to bring down a police communications mast.
It was put up last month in Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent... More

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