康科德市位于熙熙攘攘的夏洛特市区内，以其丰富的赛车文化、政治惯例和大型旅游景点而闻名。
Download client story as a PDF2012年，邻近城市夏洛特将主办民主党全国代表大会，预计将有超过35000名代表和游客前往该地区。该地区将从联邦政府获得5000万美元的会议安全拨款。
Renowned for the Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord hosts three NASCAR events a year, which sees the City’s population double during race weekends. Additional police officers, firefighters, state troopers and sheriffs are brought in from the wider state to provide added security for these events.
康科德还是北卡罗来纳州最大的旅游景点康科德米尔斯购物中心的所在地，每年吸引大约1700万游客。
Responsible for Concord's 911 center and public safety radio communications, Communications Director Chris Linker explains: "The radio equipment we had was old and no longer supported by the manufacturer. For the convention, additional first responders will be brought in from outside the area to heighten security; those radio users will bring a variety of 800MHz, VHF and UHF equipment. Interoperability is extremely important and we need to support all of these frequencies."
真正的互操作性的重要组成部分the security plan for the region's large events. For supporting agencies coming in from outside the area to work with local public safety, a dual-mode solution was required for officers using both P25 digital radios and analog FM equipment.
Chris解释了他与Tait合作的决定：“我研究了领先的无线电解决方案提供商，并选择Tait作为他们同类最佳的双模TB9100基站。
Tait设备符合我们的要求，也符合2013年1月1日的窄带要求。”
The P25-compliant solution comprises:
“为了管理赛车赛事和政治会议的公共安全和安保运作，我们现在可以为从更广泛的州召集的第一响应者提供频率菜单，”克里斯·林克说这个解决方案是完全互操作的。
They will be able to communicate with each other over the network via dispatch, no matter which frequency."
The digital channels provide secure, encrypted voice communications for covert policing operations, while also serving as a redundant layer for the City's Fire and Police responders subscribing to the regional network.
"The resilient system provides our police and fire personnel with another lifeline to our communications center for help and additional resources," adds Chris. "Installation of the digital base stations was straightforward. The Tait software makes it easy to load, read, modify and save settings. Furthermore, I'm able to use an analog line interface to our analog consoles."
“TB9100基站有单独的IP地址；我可以远程连接、配置和监控基站的性能。这为我节省了很多时间，因为我不必开车去现场亲自检查设备。”
