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<div dir="ltr">Radio Shops has increased the coverage capacity in the eastern part of the county by bring up a GLO site. This has significantly improved radio communication. Some users however are still experiencing digitized audio inside certain buildings.</div>
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<div dir="ltr"><span style="text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">I will provide updates as they become available.</span><br>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><b>From:</b> Dispatch <dispatch-bounces@cafcatx.org> on behalf of Chelf, Andrew <Andrew.Chelf@austintexas.gov><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, October 21, 2023 8:31 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Dispatch@cafcatx.org <dispatch@cafcatx.org>; Kennedy, Jeffrey <Jeffrey.Kennedy@austintexas.gov><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Dispatch] East Travis County Radio Issues 10-21-23
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<div dir="ltr">Issues with digitized audio continue this morning across the eastern parts of the county. Radio Shops and Motorola continue to troubleshoot. </div>
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<div dir="ltr">I will provide updates as they become available.</div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><b>From:</b> Dispatch <dispatch-bounces@cafcatx.org> on behalf of Chelf, Andrew <Andrew.Chelf@austintexas.gov><br>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><b>Subject:</b> [Dispatch] East Travis County Radio Issues 10-20-23</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr">Since around 4pm, users have been experiencing <span style="font-size:inherit">digitized audio issues on transmit. </span></div>
<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:inherit">The Radio Shops is working on the issue. No eta yet on resolution.</span></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:inherit">The issue seems to be isolated to the Eastern part of the county.</span></div>
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<div dir="ltr">If a radio failure were to occur, users should use 8TAC95D to communicate via a direct radio to radio signal.</div>
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