Power monitoring system for a single site, split location trunked radio communication system

A single site, split location trunked radio communications system, comprising:

• plural portable radios;
• a first trunked RF communications site located in a first site location including plural first base station transceivers, each first base station transceiver corresponding to an RF communications channel, a first site controller assigning base station transceivers to radios requesting an RF communications channel, and a first power monitoring unit for monitoring the RF power transmitted by actively transmitting first base station transceivers;
• a second trunked RF communications site located in a second site location physically remote from the first site location including plural second base station transceivers, each second base station transceiver corresponding to an RF communications channel, a second site controller assigning base station transceivers to radios requesting an RF communications channel, and a second power monitoring unit for monitoring the RF power transmitted by actively transmitting second base station transceivers;
• wherein the first and second trunked RF split communications sites function as a single site with one of the first and second site controllers assigning both first and base station transceivers to radios requesting an RF communications channel, and
• wherein one of the first and second power monitoring units manages monitored RF power data from both the first and second site locations.

In a radio communications system having plural portable radios, a first controller located at a first location along with plural first base station transceivers and a first power monitor for monitoring transmitted RF power from the first base station transmitters and a second location remote from the first location having plural second base station transceivers and a second monitor for monitoring transmitted RF power from the second base station transceivers, a method comprising:

• operating the first and second base station transceivers at the first and second locations using only the first controller;
• communicating transmitted RF power values from the second power monitor to the first power monitor;
• and
• monitoring at the first controller located at the first location transmitted RF power from the first base station transmitters and the second base station transmitters using RF power values provided by the first power monitor.