MNCRR9000 wrote:What type of portables is the mbcr using ? I gather that they are probably not using the digital radios.
They can continue to use the motorolas until the switchover is ready for them, then they have no choice but to go to m/-com systems.
Luckily, Harris bought the tyco business unit which bought m/a-com and since Harris is a major federal contractor (read this as the sole provider of radios to the federal government in recent memory), they are showing an initiative to make opensky and p25 interoperable (
http://pspc.harris.com/Solution/NetworkFirst.aspx" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;).
Frankly buying tyco'a bu and doing network first is in their own interest, interoperable systems benefit Harris more than harm it.