Berks County Radio System Upgrade
The following documents represent the most current information available on the Berks County Public Safety Radio System upgrade. Watch this page as more information is added as it becomes available.
Radio System Project Updates:
Update #1 - 12/06/2010
County Support of End User Radio Hardware 
Updated October 7, 2011
Linked above is a letter sent to all Berks County municipalities on March 3, 2011 defining how the County will support the purchase of end user radio hardware.
This document contains descriptions and costs for the most common subscriber hardware, options, and accessories. The intention of this document is to permit end user agencies to update/verify their budgetary assessments.
PDF of the slides used during the briefing sessions conducted by Berks DES and Kimball on July 27th & 28th 2010.
Berks County Public Safety Radio System Needs Assessment Report
Radio System Update
Summary of slides delivered to the Board of County Commissioners on May 13, 2010
Draft Desired Propagation
Map showing direction provided to Kimball for signal strength required across the county (1.5 MB). This map requires significant panning and zooming to see street level detail.
Draft Propagation From Conceptual Sites (2.75 MB File Warning)
Maps showing 21 conceptual sites that would deliver the propagation demanded by the county. Note that the four maps shown represent at street coverage, 8dB structure, 12 dB structure, and 20 dB structure.
Areas that are black represent unreliable or no signal. Areas that are orange represent signal that is present and usable, but below the audio quality threshold required by the county. Any others areas have demanded signal level at demanded quality.
This mapping DOES NOT show where actual tower sites will be built. Some of these locations will likely be determined to be unusable. Final site locations will be determined in conjunction with the successful vendor.
It is representative to show the quality of signal that can be achieved with a system design based on the draft desired propagation submitted by DES and provided by 21 sites.