Reportedly BAPERN 3 and BAPERN 4 are both now hard patched (fulltime 24/7) to MSP TRS Zones 1, 3, and 5 now. What will this mean for Marathon ops?
I suppose that means that there is no longer any need for a patch from BAP 3 and BAP 4 to a Itac channel (if they ever were patched). This would free up a couple of Itac channels; but who needs them anyhow? Maybe they could use them for air to ground channels. That might be cool. Give a few Itac portables to commanders along the Marathon route. That would allow them to talk directly to a helo if needed (on a clear and dedicated channel). I suspect that MSP portable radios dont do a good job of scanning. Therefore anybody who has a MSP portable radio is stuck on one channel. Lets think about the MSP helos. What channels will they need? First and foremost - they need to listen to 123.025 to avoid other helos. Lets say that the pilot sits on 123.025. The copilot can sit on the police helo ops channel (maybe the MSP Statewide TG where they usually operate). The observer can operate on any air to ground channels, or on a local PD channel, or get patched to some ground channel. Yeah - that could work. They just might have enough channels to make this all work. With a couple of extra channels thrown in as backups. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "massfire" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/massfire. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
