Site Trunking Dub/Wor System

At approximately 12:16 this morning, the Dub/Wor simulcast zone went into site trunking causing a loss of console connection at both the Dublin and Worthington communications centers. The outage lasted approximately 7 minutes.

System managers are following up on the outage, which appears to be T1 interruption between the Avery Road site and the Dublin Justice Center. 

The system is back in full operation.

Rebanding Phase I Complete

Motorola has finished the work of retuning frequency 1 on the system. This completes the rebanding process for the City of Dublin license. Users should see no change in system performance as the change is transparent to subscribers.

Thanks to Motorola for their quick and efficient work!

Rebanding Phase I

Starting today, Motorola will begin the process to retune the one Dublin frequency that is subject to rebanding. COIRS channel #1 (852.0125) is being retuned to the new assigned frequency (856.6125).

Today, Motorola will be taking the three Dub/Wor sites off line for approximately 2 hours each to prepare the sites for the move. Users may see some diminished coverage, especially in buildings, as each site is taken off line.

Tomorrow, Motorola will take channel #1 off the air for most of the day to complete the actual retuning. Users should not notice any change in service during this work.

Since this frequency is not used as a control channel, there are no changes needed to subscriber equipment.

The three NPSPAC channels licensed to Worthington will be rebanded sometime in 2011 after mutual aid subcribers are upgraded to accomodate the new, lower frequencies.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Jay Somerville

Site Trunking - Dub/Wor System

At approximately 01:30 this morning, the Dub/Wor simulcast zone went into site trunking causing a loss of console connection at both the Dublin and Worthington communications centers. The outage lasted approximately 10 minutes.

System managers are following up on the outage, which appears to be a network connectivity problem between the master site and the Dub/Wor side of the system. The cause of the outage will be investigated.

The system is back in full operation.

Training Video - Clear Communication

Motorola has provided an update training video entitled "Say no to background noise. Say yes to clear communication" Clear, coherent communications are mission-critical to all first-responding agencies. Motorola has been working with the International Association of Fire Chiefs (the IAFC) to test, track and pinpoint the best practices for firefighters to maximize communication intelligibility and overcome background noise, whenever they use a portable or mobile radio. No matter where they are. No matter if it’s analog or digital.

Watch the video below to learn how to incorporate best practices and discover the difference intelligible communications can make when lives are on the line. 


If you ever have any questions or concerns about your walkies, mobiles or the system, please don't hesitate to contact any technical committee representative. We are here to help!