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An ambitious regional project to upgrade the Dukes County radio communications network from an analog to a digital system has faced significant hurdles in providing adequate Islandwide emergency response coverage, with police reporting dead spots and missed calls since the system went online in June.
Although public safety officials praised many aspects of the new system, saying in interviews that the transition has led to far clearer and more powerful radio signals when transmissions are received, they confirmed instances of missed emergency service calls and spotty signals in down-Island towns and buildings. The issues have been mainly in Edgartown, parts of Circuit avenue and West Chop…
