DOT 184-05 Kris Kringle Sign Open Skies Agreement

DOT 184-05
Wednesday, December 21, 2005


U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta And North Pole’s
Kris Kringle Sign Open Skies Agreement

Agreement Gives Santa Greater Access to Rooftops of Good Kids Everywhere

Just in time for Christmas, Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta and the North Pole’s Kris Kringle, a.k.a. Santa Claus, signed an Open Skies aviation agreement in Washington, D.C. today, giving Santa and his team of reindeer greater access to the rooftops of good kids everywhere.

For years, Santa had been required to make an annual request to the Secretary of Transportation for a special flight certificate in order to deliver his Christmas goodies. With this new agreement, it will be easier for Santa to finish his job all in one night.

“Santa can now focus on making his list and checking it twice, without the hassle of government paperwork,” said Secretary Mineta. “Thanks to this agreement, the only time he needs to worry about Red Tape is if he wants to use it to wrap presents.”

The Open Skies agreement signed by Secretary Mineta and Santa Claus noted Santa’s safe and efficient toy delivery operation that enables him to bring joy to millions of children in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and all U.S. territories, all without impact to air traffic carrying travelers to their holiday destinations.

“Now it’s just HO HO HO and off I go,” exclaimed the Jolly Old Elf. “The reindeer and I look forward to checking this item off of our list for good,” he said.

Mineta said the decision was helped by a flood of public comments offered by Santa advocates from all over the nation. Thousands of letters were sent to the Department of Transportation and to the North Pole encouraging each party to complete these important negotiations before Santa’s yearly trip, he said.

“Santa’s Elves are tough negotiators,” Mineta noted. “But, in the end, we were able to arrive at an agreement that will benefit children of all ages.”

Oregon Plans for StateWide Trunk System

State of Oregon Plan for StateWide Trunk System useing P25 buy 2010

New Buss Word is : interoperable communications

The The Oregon State Interoperability Executive Council or (SIEC)

WebPage http://www.oregon.gov/SIEC/index.shtml



The following is the SIEC’s guide for programming the FCC designated interoperability
(I/O) channels into existing radios and all new radios that are added to any system.
Due to space limitations in some radios, it may not be possible to program all of the I/O
channels into all radios. In that case, at a minimum, the calling channel and the first
tactical channel should be programmed. The frequencies listed are in each of the
three bands and are listed by order of priority, with highest priority shown at the top of
the list. They are to be programmed into the radios with the highest priority first, as space
permits.
Note: As of January 1, 2005, existing systems on these channels and those existing
systems on the adjacent channels become secondary to these interoperability
channels. In the event of interference, existing systems must cease use when
interference occurs to interoperability channels.

VHF Radios
Channel (MHz) Label Description
155.7525 base/mobile VCALL National Calling
151 .1375 base/mobile VTAC 1 National Tactical
154.4525 base/mobile VTAC 2 National Tactical
158.7375 base/mobile VTAC 3 National Tactical
159.4725 base/mobile VTAC 4 National Tactical

UHF Radios
Channel (MHz) Label Description
453.2125 Base/mobile UCALLa National Calling
458.2125 mobile UCALL National Calling
453.4625 base/mobile UTAC 1 a National Tactical
458.4625 mobile UTAC 1 National Tactical
453.7125 base/mobile UTAC 2a National Tactical
458.7125 mobile UTAC 2 National Tactical
453.8625 base/mobile UTAC 3a National Tactical
458.8625 mobile UTAC 3 National Tactical

800 MHz Radios
Channel (MHz) Label Description
821/866.0125 ICALL National Calling
821/866.5125 ITAC-1 National Tactical
822/867.0125 ITAC-2 National Tactical
822/867.5125 ITAC-3 National Tactical
823/868.0125 ITAC-4 National Tactical
821/866.3250 OROPS1 Oregon Tactical
821/866.3875 OROPS2 Oregon Tactical
821/866.7500 OROPS3 Oregon Tactical
821/866.7750 OROPS4 Oregon Tactical
821/866.8000 OROPS5 Oregon Tactical
867.5375 STATEOPS-1 Washington Tactical
867.5625 STATEOPS-2 Washington Tactical
867.5875 STATEOPS-3 Washington Tactical
867.6125 STATEOPS-4 Washington Tactical
867.6375 STATEOPS-5 Washington Tactical