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Growing Communications Complexity Is Making Long Term Manufacturer Support More Valuable

Growing Communications Complexity Is Making Long Term Manufacturer Support More Valuable When updating a public safety communications network, it will generally not replace all the equipment currently being used. Instead, the update will typically add newer technologies to an existing radio network. Therefore, agencies are now required to support two (2) systems; the original equipment

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October 1, 2026 No Comments
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The Hidden Cost of Treating RF Infrastructure as a Commodity Purchase

Purchase Price Captures Only the First Transaction It is essential to recognize that the “purchase” price of a piece of RF infrastructure captures only the first transaction in a potentially multi-year series of transactions that represent the “operational” price of that equipment. Initially, a filter, combiner, duplexer, receiver system, antenna, or tower-mounted device is primarily

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September 29, 2026 No Comments

Long Service Life Is Becoming a More Important Measure of RF Infrastructure Value

Long Service Life Is Becoming a More Important Measure of RF Infrastructure Value Infrastructure is typically analyzed in three ways: (a) through specifications; (b) through quoted price; (c) through delivery schedules. While each of these criteria are important, none address the full cost of owning and maintaining equipment that may serve your needs for decades.

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September 3, 2026 No Comments

Communications Center Mutual Aid Is Becoming Part of Disaster Readiness

Communications Center Mutual Aid Is Becoming Part of Disaster Readiness Emergency communications center Disaster plans typically focus on the physical aspects (i.e., the building itself), power generation, communication circuit back-up and restoration of communications. While important, these elements alone cannot guarantee that an emergency communications center remains functional during a Disaster. Many factors beyond physical

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August 28, 2026 No Comments

Everyday Maintenance Habits That Prevent Long Public Safety Radio Outages

Everyday Maintenance Habits That Prevent Long Public Safety Radio Outages Public safety radio outages can occur due to many factors such as a malfunctioning power source, broken feed line, environmental alert, or network issues. The length of time for the outage is typically caused by something much less dramatic then what initially started the outage;

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August 20, 2026 No Comments

Power Resilience at Hybrid LMR and Broadband Sites Under Longer Outage Conditions

Power Resilience at Hybrid LMR and Broadband Sites Under Longer Outage Conditions Legacy radio frequency (RF) transmission towers are no longer simply about transmitting, receiving, combining, filtering, feeding and connecting signals via antennas. Many of today’s sites are equipped with internet protocol (IP) based communication devices, broadband routers, timing devices, remote monitoring equipment, network switches,

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August 18, 2026 No Comments

Indoor DAS Monitoring as an Early Warning Layer for Signal Booster Instability and Hidden Coverage Loss

Coverage Can Change Between Formal Tests After formal acceptance and certification of an indoor public safety radio coverage system, there are several ways that radio frequency (RF) conditions can be altered. Some of the common causes for changes include tenant improvements; new walls constructed; moving equipment, damaging cables; changing antennas; adjusting amplifiers; and altering the

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August 13, 2026 No Comments

Annual ERCES Testing Becoming a Data Continuity Problem for Building Owners, AHJs, and Field Service Teams

Annual Testing Has Become A Continuity Requirement For Emergency Responder Communication Enhancement Systems (ERCES) Public safety radio coverage is now considered a continuous maintenance requirement and not a “one-and-done” installation that gets forgotten about until something goes wrong. According to the 2024 International Fire Code (IFC), there is an obligation to maintain the functionality of

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August 11, 2026 No Comments

Alarm Compliancy Is Not Equivalent To RF Visibility

Alarm Compliancy Is Not Equivalent To RF Visibility. A DAS/ERCES system’s ability to continue to operate under changing environmental conditions (building layout, tenants usage, utilities, batteries, etc.), during the lifecycle of the system, is an expectation. The 2024 International Fire Code states that all ERCES systems installed inside a building shall be supervised by either

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August 6, 2026 No Comments

Emergency Communications Lifecycle Planning Makes Spares Documentation and RF Site Maintenance Part of Public Safety Readiness

Lifecycle Planning Has Become an Operational Requirement Emergency communications planning no longer just decides when radios should be replaced. Now it impacts inventory of spares, control of documentation, maintenance records, scheduling field service work and being able to sustain public safety communications support after acceptance. Guidance from CISA, SAFECOM and NCSWIC treats emergency communications as

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August 4, 2026 No Comments
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