The Washtenaw County Project Oversite Committee (POC) has approved infrastructure upgrades for the radio towers located throughout the County. The Washtenaw Communications Consortium sought approval for adding additional frequencies to our simulcast system to increase reliability. The approval was granted by the POC at the August 2020 meeting. This request was in response to some users not being able to talk on the system during a major event. An example of this was when users experienced busies when trying to communicate during the major weather events. Additional loading issues can also occur when neighboring counties come up on the Michigan Public Safety Communications System (MPSCS) radio system. By design, users can access any tower throughout the MPSCS network. This can cause an increase in stress on the system from users near the boarders of Washtenaw County that access our radio towers during their voice transmissions. The addition of these frequencies will add needed capacity to our radio system.
