We use a VHF digital paging system that we use for in-house and local paging. Our current use is fairly low (less then 12 pages per hour). Had a request through administration requesting that another agency be allowed access to our system (from what I can see they are eligible for their own license in PS).
Anyone else allowing another PS agency to use their infrastructure as a courtesy? (specifically not in an emergent situation like a tower failure)
Paging system co-user
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I know I'm not answering the question you asked, but my two cents...if you can accommodate them without hurting your existing operations or plans for growth, go for it. A little goodwill goes a long way. At the risk of beating a dead horse, territorial squabbles and "you can't use my frequency" attitudes are the main problems with PS interop today. I would think this would be a great way to create some dialog between agencies. And increased spectrum utilization and efficiency is never a bad thing.
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Establish what their anticipated current and future throughput would be (don't swamp your own gear).
Generate a Memorandum of Understanding or similar between the departments for use of the system. If the system is city- or county-owned, I'd recommend a resolution approved by the commissioners.
Get a count of their pagers and update your FCC license to reflect the appropriate number of pagers.
As aaknitt said, some goodwill and enhanced efficiency is never a bad thing. Who knows, you might be able to arrange some quid-pro-quo if they have something you want.
Generate a Memorandum of Understanding or similar between the departments for use of the system. If the system is city- or county-owned, I'd recommend a resolution approved by the commissioners.
Get a count of their pagers and update your FCC license to reflect the appropriate number of pagers.
As aaknitt said, some goodwill and enhanced efficiency is never a bad thing. Who knows, you might be able to arrange some quid-pro-quo if they have something you want.
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Good points - They currently have 65 pagers from one of the big commercial carriers, all on one leader capcode. They have DID's for each pagers, although the DID's are not normally used.tvsjr wrote:Establish what their anticipated current and future throughput would be (don't swamp your own gear).
Generate a Memorandum of Understanding or similar between the departments for use of the system. If the system is city- or county-owned, I'd recommend a resolution approved by the commissioners.
Get a count of their pagers and update your FCC license to reflect the appropriate number of pagers.
As aaknitt said, some goodwill and enhanced efficiency is never a bad thing. Who knows, you might be able to arrange some quid-pro-quo if they have something you want.
I don't have an issue with the use of the system, just don't have a clue on the legal & MOU's aspects.
They are aware that they would need to purchase one of the models that we currenty have in the field to allow programming with our equipment.
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DID=Direct Inward Dial, each pager haveing a local 10 digit telephone numberJohnny Galaga wrote:What are "DID"'s and "MOU"'s ?
MOU=(From Wiki) A memorandum of understanding (MOU) is a legal document describing a bilateral or multilateral agreement between parties. It expresses a convergence of will between the parties, indicating an intended common line of action and may not imply a legal commitment.
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Re: Paging system co-user
Looks like it will happen. Here's a temporary link to the frequency MOU:
http://home.att.net/~demosite/temp/freq ... haring.rtf
http://home.att.net/~demosite/temp/freq ... haring.rtf