Congratulations to Tom Wheeler who was confirmed by the US Senate as the new Chair of the FCC this week. The Senate also confirmed Michael P. O’Rielly as a director, filling two vacant positions within the commission. Wheeler was most recently a managing director at Core Capital Partners, a venture […]
The newest frequency log containing FCC updates for Northern California has been posted and is ready for download from NAPCO.org. Frequency Logs are generally updated every Friday.
Wouldn’t it be nice to have our cake and eat it too? For many of us that would mean using our smartphones as our LMR subscribers, without compromising too many of the LMR features and the coverage that we demand from our public safety radio systems. The commercial vendors have […]
The October General Membership meeting of the Northern CA Chapter of APCO was held at the California Highway Patrol Headquarters in Sacramento. NAPCO thanks our vendor sponsors, EnerSys and Cassidian for their continued support to bring you quality presentations, and information regarding their equipment to support California’s public safety agencies, […]
There is a new job posting on the NAPCO.org/jobs.htm page. The City and County of San Francisco is looking for a Radio Network Engineer. The San Francisco Department of Emergency Management is also looking for an Auxiliary Communications Service Chief. Visit the site for contact information and job details.
The newest frequency log containing FCC updates for Northern California has been posted and is ready for download from NAPCO.org. Frequency Logs are generally updated every Friday.
The University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, as part of a U.S. Department of Transportation research project is studying wireless vehicle networks that could make driving safer through vehicle to vehicle communication. This research involves nearly 3000 vehicles in the Ann Arbor area. The research parallels research being done in […]
The California 9-1-1 Policy and Practices Work Group has been tasked with assessing the State of California’s (State) current 9-1-1 Phone System funding policy methodology and equipment replacement cycle. The assessment will have a direct impact to the funding distributed by the State to PSAPs for their 9-1-1 Phone System […]
Governor Brown on Thursday vetoed Assembly Bill 300, a bill that would have added a 9-1-1 surcharge at the point of sale of pre-paid cell phones. Governor Brown stated that the “solution is… duplicative, complex and will result in significant and unnecessary costs to the state.” He did encourage Assembly-person […]
During the last week of the 2013 legislative year, the Legislature approved and sent Governor Brown over 500 measures for his consideration. Thus far, of those measures, the Governor has signed 267 and vetoed 12. With 10 days remaining until the October 13, 2013, deadline for gubernatorial action, over 200 […]