May 23
From Radioman911.com
All 4 days are great listening and many include video to reference the activities being handled. But day 3 is some of the most incredible audio that we have ever streamed on Radioman911.com and will be featured on the ABC7 Chicago 10 PM News tonight.
May 18
This from Radioman911.com
FYI for my news friends,From now through Monday night I will be live streaming radio traffic from the NATO events, marches and protests. Should be some pretty incredible listening based on what we’ve heard so far.http://www.Radioman911.com is the address. Feel free to pass this along.
The Chicago Sun-Times is reporting that high level communications during the NATO Summit in Chicago will be conducted with the long awaited CFD digital radios.
A $23 million digital radio system — purchased in 2006 under a no-bid contract awarded under questionable circumstances — will help speed emergency response during the NATO Summit.
Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford disclosed Thursday that “some of the channels” provided by the long-stalled Motorola system would be used by top brass for “command and control” within the “NATO summit footprint” surrounding McCormick Place.
“This will allow us to operate and dispatch resources separately from the regular citywide system and the main radio system for better flexibility and control,” Langford said.
The Motorola radios were purchased in 2006 to prevent communications breakdowns like the one that contributed heavily to six deaths at an October 2003 high-rise fire at 69 W. Washington.
The complete article can be found HERE.
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