RESCUE RADIO: VETERANS ADMINISTRATIONS ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR ALE BASED HF RADIO NETWORK The Department of Veterans Affairs is looking to establish its own High Frequency radio network to link up medical facilities in case of an emergency that damages or destroys other normal lines of communications. Amateur Radio Newsline’s Stephan Kinford, N8WB, has more: -- NextGov has reported on a plan by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs Strategic Acquisition Center to award a five year firm fixed price Indefinite Delivery and Indefinite Quantity contract for the creation of a new high frequency radio network for its exclusive use. The contract will include equipment, installation, testing, certification, warranty and training to guarantee that the network will be a fully functional turnkey and resilient emergency communications system. As outlined, this HF Network shall be made up of a yet to be determined number of 400 watt backbone stations. These will work in tandem to receive and automatically relay communications 125 watt fixed and mobile stations located at approximately 200 Veterans Health Administration facilities. This High Frequency Network would operate somewhere in the 3 to 30 MHz spectrum though no exact frequencies have been mentioned. As outlined it would provide emergency two-way radio communication, along with an interconnect to the existing public switched telephone network as well as cellular and Internet Protocol telephone networks. This would allow for radio-to-telephone communication and Automatic Link Establishment better known in ham radio circles as ALE. The Veterans Administration plans to issue a formal request for proposals by October 31st. For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I’m Stephen Kinford, N8WB, reporting.
Posted on: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 23:53:51 +0000
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