SAR Seaking Radio Fit

[vim_fuego]

Whats the fit on the yellow helicopter? Is there a radio that goes by the name of 'Airwave'?

Asking for a friend with a genuine need.

 

[Rigga]

Airwave is a UK-wide emergency service secure system developed after comms issues during the Kings Cross disaster - and then some. It's really quite good.
It would be remiss if several T/R were not installed in SAR aircraft for direct comms with those services.

The units are not called Airwave - thats the system.

 

[vim_fuego]

Airwave is a UK-wide emergency service secure system developed after comms issues during the Kings Cross disaster - and then some. It's really quite good.
It would be remiss if several T/R were not installed in SAR aircraft for direct comms with those services.

The units are not called Airwave - thats the system.

So what does the airwave system operate on? VHF? FM? My friend was asked to establish comms with a unit on Airwave and hadn't heard of it.

 

[LilStill]

Airwave runs off TETRA (Terrestrial Trunked Radio) and is basically akin to your mobile phone rather than your traditional VHF/UHF radio. In theory, with the correct permissions and channels, PC 101 Smith in London could call PC 999 Jones in the Outer Hebridies from his 'radio', and the emergency services are generally charged by the button press and/or per second of speech with this system.

 

[Gonterseed]

Airwave is, as Rigga says, an emergency services radio network which covers most of the UK landmass. It's based on a Cellular structure (pretty much the same as GSM) and uses a Motorola TETRA infrastructure (TErrestrial TRunked Radio). The radio units are normally obtained from SEPURA, Motorola or Cleartone, SELEX and EADS(formerly Nokia). Most of the UK users have SEPURA or Motorola. It's not a simple matter of finding a VHF or UHF radio on the right band, they have to be dedicated TETRA radio's and set up for use on the UK TETRA network.

Best thing for your mate to do is ask the Helicopter people who manages their network access and contact them, it will probably be the Police/Fire/Ambulance. If he really wants the run-around, contact Airwave...

 

[Rigga]

Erm - I didn't give detail as its supposed to be secure...and not available to those that dont know it.

I think the phrase I'm looking for is Com-Sec?

 

[Gonterseed]

Erm - I didn't give detail as its supposed to be secure...and not available to those that dont know it.

I think the phrase I'm looking for is Com-Sec?

The info in my post is available on the www. Otherwise I wouldn't have posted it.

 

[XVR RA RA RA]

Airwave is the hand held radio that coppers carry on the shoulder of their stab jacket.
Each handset as its own ID. You can transmit across the entire network to everyone or just contact one other handset if you know their handsets ID.
I was told Airwave gets reception anywhere where there is a metal road ?

No doubt the SAR Seakings use it to contact mountain rescue teams and Police who are co-ordinating the tasking.

 

[Rigga]

Airwave is the hand held radio that coppers carry on the shoulder of their stab jacket.
Each handset as its own ID. You can transmit across the entire network to everyone or just contact one other handset if you know their handsets ID.
I was told Airwave gets reception anywhere where there is a metal road ?

No doubt the SAR Seakings use it to contact mountain rescue teams and Police who are co-ordinating the tasking.

As I said - it was developed after the Comms issues encountered during the Kings Cross disaster - that means independent comms through the Underground too (as its all on the inter-web thingy) Although its cellular it is not telephone based...again, Airwave is the system name - not the handheld unit name.