MuniComm is an affordable municipal communications system for general administration, golf courses, parks, & recreation, public housing, schools, streets & sanitation, and utility departments who need dependable communications in and around the corporate limits.

Unlike CB or FRS radio, MuniComm is a powerful, high quality FM communications system with the power, performance, and features to do the job that needs to be done.  MuniComm is a second tier communications system designed to provide an alternative to the more expensive first responder police and fire and rescue systems.

Both handheld and mobile radios are available for use with the MuniComm system.  The system infrastructure, consisting of a repeater station and associated antenna system is available in three basic configurations to meet the differing needs of those we serve.

The basic system has a typical operating range of one to two miles to handheld radios and three to five miles to mobiles in all directions from the repeater station. For most communities, this will adequately serve municipal needs using a low cost antenna system that can easily be mounted on a convenient water tank or existing antenna tower.

Since the system uses a centralized repeater, the actual range between units is DOUBLE that of station to handheld or mobile range.  This can be visualized by referring to the diagram below.

As you will note from the diagram, the repeater transmits on a frequency of 460 MHz and receives 465 MHz.  This is known as half duplex operation which means the cars operate on reverse frequencies (i.e. they receive 460 MHz and transmit on 465 MHz.) Calls from cars (or handhelds) are repeated to extend range.  The repeater operates in a full duplex mode (transmits and receives at the same time).  The mobiles, or handhelds operate in a half duplex mode (they cannot listen while transmitting or transmit while listening a push to talk button on the microphone is depressed to talk and released to listen).

In this example, the range from Car 1 to the repeater would be 3-5 miles depending on location and topography.  However, when talking to Car 2, the range between the two cars would be increased to as much as 6 10 miles assuming both cars were in opposite directions from the repeater.

It is also possible for cars to talk directly to each other when out of range of the repeater or when they wish to talk to each other without calls being repeated.  The range in this example is shown between Cars 1 and 3.  Car-to-car range is about half that of repeater to car range (1.5 to 2.5 miles in this example).

Fundamentally, the purpose of the repeater is to make the range of car-to-car communications equal to base-to-car communications. 

Another major benefit of repeater operation is that the repeater station can be located at a remote location of higher elevation or more centralized location.  Since the repeater requires no connecting control circuits, the dispatch station can operate much in the same manner as a mobile.

A slightly more expensive antenna system can increase the repeater operational range by approximately 35% while a top of the line antenna system and increase range by as much as 50%.  The diagram below will show this more graphically.

The top of the line antenna system will typically increase the range in all directions from the repeater to 8 miles, and sometimes more.

If you would like additional information on the MuniComm system, please send an email to sales@falconwireless.net with your name, organization, address, daytime phone number (for identification verification purposes) and your email address.

Upon receipt, we will send you a User ID and password to a secure web site with information not available to the general public, or if you prefer, we will send the information by return email.

Thanks for visiting with us.  We look forward to serving you!