Public Safety Advocate: Andy Seybold, W8GEC, Silent Key
1946-2023, Tuesday, May 2, 2023 Many of you have known Andy over the years and have seen how he fills a room with his presence. He will be sorely missed…
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Public Safety Advocate: Andrew Seybold Chosen to Receive IWCE Connecting Critical Communications Award
“Awarded To: Andrew Seybold, For your outstanding vision, commitment and contributions to the critical communications industry” I am deeply humbled to have been only the second person to receive this…
Public Safety Advocate: Public Safety Networks Past and Future
The public safety community has been using wireless communications (wireless, land mobile radio, and digital technologies) since the early 1930s. For most of that time, public safety was struggling to…
Public Safety Advocate: Did You Know?
Public Safety FirstNet (Built with AT&T); Existing and New Radio Systems Most of you know why the public safety community worked so hard for the spectrum and some money to…
Public Safety Advocate: Still Undecided about Joining FirstNet?
Today there are more than 4 million users on the FirstNet network representing 23K+ agencies. If your agency has not yet joined FirstNet, here are some things to think about….
Public Safety Advocate: January 2022 to January 2023, What Was Done, What Was Not
I have to admit that from year to year I have been overly optimistic about the status of various technologies needed by public safety. Upon learning where they rank, I…
Public Safety Advocate: Back to Three-Part Series—Wireless Networks and Devices for Public Safety
I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday regardless of what you celebrated and now you are rejuvenated and ready to return to work. As Advocate readers may recall, toward the…
Public Safety Advocate: FirstNet Only, LMR Only, or Both
Those who read last week’s Advocate are expecting the third article of the series in which I outline current and future devices for public safety covering Land Mobile Radio (LMR), LMR multichannel,…
Public Safety Advocate: Communications Devices for Public Safety (Part 2 of 3)
Last week we spent our time examining networks, some of the functions that are necessary, and how networks are being expanded to add flexibility to the FirstNet network. This week…
Public Safety Advocate: Communications Hubs and Devices for Public Safety (Part 1)
I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and remembered to thank those who worked through the holiday to keep us safe. What Is a Communications Hub? Descriptions found in Google…
Public Safety Advocate: Already November 2022, What Is Still Missing from FirstNet?
FirstNet was created in 2012 and in early 2017, the FirstNet Authority awarded a contract to AT&T to build, maintain, and manage what was to become the first and only…
Public Safety Advocate: Good News; From One-To-One to One-To-Many
It’s always nice to be able to start an Advocate with good news, especially for both FirstNet and the public safety community. FirstNet (Built with AT&T) updated its subscriber numbers as follows:…
Public Safety Advocate: Part 2 — Wireless Networks and Devices for Public Safety, Even PTT Part 2
Last week in Part 1 of this Advocate, I covered a lot of history and hopefully provided insight into how long public safety has been looking for more good voice service….
Public Safety Advocate: Part 1 – Wireless Networks and Devices for Public Safety, Even PTT
Now for something different… This Advocate will be published in two parts starting this week and finishing next week. This first part features some history of LMR, other forms of…
Public Safety Advocate: Hurricane Ian and Public Safety Communications, the Rest of the Story; Vision Summit 2022; FirstNet Authority Search for CEO
After doing serious damage to Puerto Rico, which still has no power, hurricane Ian hit the west coast of Florida last week and then moved east across Florida and up…