Boas.<br><br>Por cá a mesma coisa, a BT e a GNR a usarem pmr nas operações de balança e radar é o que não falta, e com os "TRETAS" no cinto parados.<br><br>O que falta é a formação de fazerem uso dos "tretas" para criarem listas privadas em simplex, que a maioria deles (senão todos) dá para configurar, e creio com potencias até 2 watts.<br>
<br>Milhões gastos no SIRESP e a maioria dos agentes das várias forças não fazem nem ideia do potencial do equipamento que trazem. Se a rede vai abaixo, simplesmente desconhecem outras configurações, para funcionar em emergência.<br>
<br>E os "tretas" dão para configurar de várias formas, desde simplex assistido com função de repetição no radio na viatura (para os que o têm), até para serem configurados a fazerem uma subrede de repetição de sinal de equipamento para equipamento, mantendo na mesma a rede a funcionar.( estilo APRS)<br>
<br>Já tive um nas mãos de um familiar, deu para ter uma boa ideia. Na internet também á várias leituras sobre a o potencial do TRETA, que é desperdiçado por falta de conhecimento de configuração. A maioria dos agentes não teve formação sobre o rádio a não ser o básico.<br>
<br>E exercícios de emergência igual a 0...<br><br>73,<br><br>CR7AEL<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2012/11/22 João Costa > CT1FBF <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ct1fbf@gmail.com" target="_blank">ct1fbf@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Homeland Security spent $430M on radios its employees don't know how to use<br>
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Only one of 479 employees surveyed could operate radio correctly.<br>
by Theodoric Meyer, ProPublica - Nov 21 2012, 9:50pm UTC<br>
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Nick Getting the agencies responsible for national security to<br>
communicate better was one of the main reasons the Department of<br>
Homeland Security was created after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist<br>
attacks.<br>
<br>
But according to a recent report from the department's inspector<br>
general, one aspect of this mission remains far from accomplished.<br>
<br>
DHS has spent $430 million over the past nine years to provide radios<br>
tuned to a common, secure channel to 123,000 employees across the<br>
country. Problem is, no one seems to know how to use them.<br>
<br>
Only one of 479 DHS employees surveyed by the inspector general's<br>
office was actually able to use the common channel, according to the<br>
report. Most of those surveyed—72 percent—didn't even know the common<br>
channel existed. Another 25 percent knew the channel existed but<br>
weren't able to find it; 3 percent were able to find an older common<br>
channel, but not the current one.<br>
<br>
The investigators also found that more than half of the radios did not<br>
have the settings for the common channel programmed into them. Only 20<br>
percent of radios tested had all the correct settings.<br>
<br>
The radios are supposed to help employees of Customs and Border<br>
Patrol, the Transportation Security Administration, the Coast Guard,<br>
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Federal Emergency Management<br>
Agency, the Secret Service, and other agencies with DHS communicate<br>
during crises, as well as normal operations.<br>
<br>
DHS officials did not immediately respond to questions from ProPublica<br>
about what effect the radio problems could have on how the agency<br>
handles an emergency.<br>
<br>
The $430 million paid for radio infrastructure and maintenance as well<br>
as the actual radios.<br>
<br>
In a response letter to the report, Jim H. Crumpacker, the Department<br>
of Homeland Security's liaison between the Government Accountability<br>
Office and the inspector general, wrote that DHS had made "significant<br>
strides" in improving emergency communications since 2003. But he<br>
acknowledged that DHS "has had some challenges in achieving<br>
Department-wide interoperable communications goals."<br>
<br>
The recent inspector general's report is the latest in a string of<br>
critical assessments the DHS has received on its efforts to improve<br>
communication between federal, state, and local agencies. The<br>
Government Accountability Office reported in 2007 that the Department<br>
of Homeland Security had "generally not achieved" this goal.<br>
<br>
DHS has assigned a blizzard of offices and committees to oversee its<br>
radio effort since 2003, which the inspector general's report claimed<br>
had "hindered DHS' ability to provide effective oversight."<br>
<br>
Also, none of the entities "had the authority to implement and enforce<br>
their recommendations," the report concluded. Tanya Callender, a<br>
spokeswoman for the inspector general, said the current office<br>
overseeing the effort hadn't been given the authority to force<br>
agencies to use the common channel or even to provide instructions for<br>
programming the radios.<br>
<br>
The inspector general recommended DHS standardize its policies<br>
regarding radios, which DHS agreed to do. But it rejected a second<br>
recommendation that it overhaul the office overseeing the radios to<br>
give it more authority.<br>
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"DHS believes that it has already established a structure with the<br>
necessary authority to ensure" that its various agencies can<br>
communicate, Crumpacker wrote in his response letter.<br>
<br>
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<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Cumprimentos;<br><br>Luís Filipe Garcia S.<br>