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Narrowbanding of State of Maine Repeaters for Public Safety Land Mobile Radios
About the FCC Narrowbanding Mandate. The State of Maine is required to comply with new Federal Communications Commission (FCC) narrowband requirement not later than January 1, 2013. This applies to all levels of public safety – municipal, county, state, tribal, and federal agencies. http://transition.fcc.gov/pshs/public-safety-spectrum/narrowbanding.html
Interagency Coordination. The narrowbanding mandate necessitates coordination among municipal, county, state, tribal, and federal partners to ensure continued interoperability. All FCC Part 90 Private Land Mobile Radio Licensees operating in VHF (150-174) and UHF (421-512) are impacted by the FCC mandate. Municipal, county, state, tribal and federal agencies must complete their administrative licensing and programming of radios in compliance with this mandate before the FCC deadline.
State Government’s MSCommNet Project. The Executive Branch of Maine State Government (SOM) is also unifying and modernizing its public safety radio communications system in a project known as the Maine State Communications Network “MSCommNet”. The date for completion of the State’s MSCommNet project is 2013, which coincides with the year of the FCC narrowbanding mandate.
State Narrowbanding plans for 2012. The State plans to conduct a two-phased implementation of its new system. The first phase is in June through September 2012, during which the State will issue new narrowband mobile and portable radios to State users, and also switch existing repeaters to narrowband operation. The general plan is published on the MEMA website.
Narrowbanding of SOM/MEMA repeaters. The State will switch existing repeaters to operate in narrowband mode in 2012, working from north to south, generally by State Police Zones (4,3,2,1).
Schedule of State Repeaters being switched to narrowband mode: as of November 30, 2012
Scheduled for switch Completed on date
- State Police Zone 4/ Houlton
- Repeaters@ #9 Mountain now operating in narrowband
- Repeaters@ Patten now operating in narrowband
- Repeaters@ Musquash Mtn now operating in narrowband
- Repeaters@ Cyr Mtn now operating in narrowband
- Repeaters@ New Sweden now operating in narrowband
- Repeaters@ St Francis now operating in narrowband
- Repeaters@ Houlton now operating in narrowband
- Repeaters@Ashland now operating in narrowband
- Repeaters@Clear Lake now operating in narrowband
- Repeaters@Priestly now operating in narrowband
- State Police Zone 3/Orono
- Repeaters @ Cadillac now operating in narrowband
- Repeaters @ Cooper now operating in narrowband
- Repeaters @ Harris now operating in narrowband
- Repeaters @ Passadumkeag now operating in narrowband
- Repeaters @ Spencer now operating in narrowband
- Repeaters @ Tunk now operating in narrowband
- Repeaters @ Old Town now operating in narrowband
- Repeaters @ Orono now operating in narrowband
- Repeaters @ Big Moose now operating in narrowband
- State Police Zone 2/Augusta
- Repeater @ Huntoon now operating in narrowband
- Repeaters@ Union now operating in narrowband
- Repeaters@ Eaton now operating in narrowband
- Repeaters@ Blynn now operating in narrowband
- Repeaters@ Sugarloaf now operating in narrowband
- Repeaters@ Hatchet now operating in narrowband
- Repeaters@ Augusta now operating in narrowband
- Repeaters@ Bolton Hill now operating in narrowband
- Repeater@ Mt Blue now operating in narrowband
- Repeater@ West Kennebago now operating in narrowband
- State Police Zone 1/Gray
- Repeaters@ Ossipee now operating in narrowband
- Repeaters@ Spruce now operating in narrowband
- Repeaters@ Gray now operating in narrowband
- Repeaters@ Winn Mtn now operating in narrowband
- Repeaters@ Pleasant Mtn now operating in narrowband
- Repeaters@ York now operating in narrowband
Notes:
FCC Narrowbanding link: http://transition.fcc.gov/pshs/public-safety-spectrum/narrowbanding.html
MEMA link: The general plan is published on the MEMA website: http://www.maine.gov/mema/programs/icomm/SOM%20Narrowband%20Planning%20Intentions%20FINAL%2010%20April.pdf
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November 30, 2012
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