Botetourt County, VA, USA

Botetourt County was using a low band conventional system. However, the rugged landscape meant that upgrading a conventional system or moving to a trunked system would require many sites to get the coverage required and it would be costly to install.

The four-site seven-channel system is used by three main agencies in the county - the sheriff's department, fire and rescue ambulance and the school district's 90-strong bus fleet.

Each group has its own channel to ensure privacy and channel space without overlap. At the same time, a single common channel there is one channel common to all radios on the system so that the groups can co-ordinate in an emergency. Local authorities in Botetourt County, Virginia now have improved radio coverage with their new Tait Quasi-Sync System.