UC TODAY A Penton Media Property November 5, 2009 Volume 7, Number 90 If you want to view this on the web go to: http://enews.penton.com/enews/mobileradiotech/v/560 ---------------------------------------- ADVERTISEMENT Public Safety Solutions from Radio Frequency Systems and TESSCO In a Public Mobile Radio installation, there is only one opportunity to "get it right" -- RFS and TESSCO offer the RF experience and know-how to ensure success. They offer a wide portfolio of products and services -- antennas, cable, transmit combiners, receive multicouplers, diplexers, interference filters, custom filters and retuning -- to maximize the efficiency of your network. To learn more about these solutions, visit http://www.tessco.com/go/rfs. ---------------------------------------- WAVELENGTHS --Experience is the best teacher By Glenn Bischoff I always wanted to be a firefighter. I didn't become one because I was born about 10 years too early. No one in my family ever had attended college, and my blue-collar parents believed that a college degree was the key that would open the door to a better life. They insisted that I be the first. Unfortunately, few -- if any -- colleges at the time offered fire service--oriented curricula. So, I became a journalist. But the dream still lingers within, like a faintly glowing ember. Given that, it should come as no surprise that I jumped at the chance last week to participate in firefighter training at the University of Illinois. Each year, Motorola brings product managers, marketers and design engineers to the training facility. The belief is that product design shouldn't be conducted in an ivory tower; ergo, the opportunity to experience what firefighters experience, albeit in a controlled environment, will provide valuable insights that will help them to develop products that are more effective in the field. That's quite important, said lead instructor Mark Kruzik -- a Motorola systems engineer who doubles as a lieutenant with the fire department in the Chicago suburb of Posen, Ill. -- as there's just too much to deal with when on the fireground. To view the full article go to: http://urgentcomm.com/mobile_voice/commentary/motorola-illinois-firefighter-training-20091105/ ---------------------------------------- ADVERTISEMENT This Urgent Communications free online webinar will bring you up to date on P25 standards development, identifying the interfaces that have been completed and those that still are under development. Register Now! http://w.on24.com/r.htm?e=172481&s=1&k=78CD94BCAF75FCD6656FF6305752CB96&partnerref=uctoday ---------------------------------------- IN THE NEWS --CDW-G releases report on emergency communications By Donny Jackson Only half of public-safety communications officials were familiar with the Department of Homeland Security's National Emergency Communications Plan (NECP), according to a CDW Government (CDW-G) survey. To view the full article go to: http://urgentcomm.com/networks_and_systems/news/cdw-g-communications-report-20091105/ --FCC to host hearing on public-safety broadband By Donny Jackson The FCC will host a field hearing next week entitled "The Role of Broadband in Improving Public Safety Communications and Emergency Response," as part of its data-gathering efforts prior to delivering a national broadband plan to Congress in mid-February. To view the full article go to: http://urgentcomm.com/policy_and_law/news/fcc-broadband-hearing-20091105/ ---------------------------------------- ADVERTISEMENT You'll learn who's affected by the FCC's narrowbanding mandate, what needs to be done and how to make the transition. A must for anyone responsible for executing the narrowband migration. Click here to register. http://w.on24.com/r.htm?e=171631&s=1&k=ACFA2474C9080D6591C55873AF3D296A&partnerref=ucwebod ---------------------------------------- ON THE WEB --Find more content online Find more content at www.urgentcomm.com (http://www.urgentcomm.com), Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Urgent-Communications/55732540756#/pages/Urgent-Communications/55732540756?v=wall&viewas=1136067143) and Twitter (