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This compilation of information, articles and resources on digital radio is intended to provide a single source of educational material to help dispel the many myths and rumors about digital radio. While the focus is on public safety communications, it is not limited to that. Please send any comments, questions or useful information to digitalradio@freqofnature.com
Minnesota Department of Transportations Office of Electronic Communication
Metropolitan Radio Board (Minnesota)
California State Public-Safety Radio Integrated Systems Management (PRISM) report (PDF format)
Digital Radio Systems and Interoperability Considerations For Airport and Fire Safety Applications (PDF format) This paper discusses the latest technology – digital radio – and the standards, namely P25 and TETRA, which are available for airport operations.
The Case For APCO Project 25 This article first appeared in the June 2000 issue of Monitoring Times.
Cell Phone Tracking This article describes how and why cellular telephone networks can track the physical location of their users.
P25 Speech Samples From the National Telecommunications & Information Administration Institute for Telecommunication Sciences web site.
Digital Radio in the News
Parks Says LAPD Will Keep New Wireless System Police Chief Bernard C. Parks announced Tuesday that his department will keep the $21.7-million wireless mobile communication system it has been testing for the last six months.
Green light for digital police radio The Home Office and British Telecom are pressing ahead with the £2.9bn rollout of the Airwave digital radio service to every police force in the UK despite technical difficulties during trials, which have just ended.
Emergency agencies get better link During mass disasters such as the school shooting, police and rescuers from different departments frequently haven't been able to communicate over a critical lifeline - the police radio. That happened at Columbine, but a new system spreading across the Denver metro area, the state and the country will change that.
PORTLAND State drops fines against radio The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division, which fined Portland $3,600 this past summer for failures in its emergency radio dispatch system, is withdrawing the citation and fines.
States new radio system coming together PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- November 08, 2001 Work is coming together on a new, state-of-the-art radio system that was initiated by Gov. Bill Janklow.
FCC (Federal Communications Commission)
Federal Communications Commission Home Page
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau
Universal Licensing System
FCC Part 90 (Private Radio) Rules & Regulations
FCC Part 15 (Unlicensed Radio) Rules & Regulations
Refarming (Narrowbanding) Frequently Asked Questions
NTIA (National Telecommunications & Information Administration)
Office of Spectrum Management
U.S. Frequency Allocation Chart
Other Web Sites of Interest
CPRA (Southern California Chapter of the Association of Public-Safety Communication Officials)
RCR News On Line
Telecomclick
Wireless LAN Association
Two-Way Radio & Wireless Industry Resource Directory
Industrial Telecommunications Association
Publications
Dispatch Magazine
Firehouse Magazine
MRT (Mobile Radio Technolgy)
National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center
Radio Resource Magazine
RCR (Radio Communications Report) Magazine
REMOTE Site & Equipment Magazine
Wireless Review
NLECTC
Wireless Week Magazine
Wireless Week On Line
220 MHz trunked radio and digital radio
800 interference
APCO's Project 39 Web Site
Digital Radio Scanning a forum for communications hobbyists interested in digital radio scanning.
LMR
National Public Safety Planning Advisory Committe (Region 6 Northern California)
National Public Safety Telecommunications Council
Nextel
Private Wireless Forum
Project 25
TrunkingForum
SmartNet Motorola SmartNet talkgroup.
