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Wakulla County completes six-site emergency radio upgrade, officials say communications and interoperability improved
Summary
County staff announced completion of a six-site simulcast emergency radio system that replaces an older single-site setup, adds encryption for law-enforcement/HIPAA needs, and restores mutual-aid links with neighboring agencies; officials said the project came in on budget and the maintenance contract runs into the 2030s.
Mister Joe Humphreys told the Wakulla County Board of County Commissioners that the county's long-planned emergency radio upgrade is complete and now runs on a six-site simulcast system meant to improve coverage and agency interoperability.
"The project replaced a single site transmit and 3 site 3 individual tower site replay receive sites to a 6 site simulcast, which basically means all 6 sites transmit and receive at the same time," Humphreys said, describing the technical change that allows simultaneous transmission across the…
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