Results - Topic: Radios - Portable

Battery Charging without Wires: What Price Convenience?

Wireless charging may one day replace plugs and wires similar to how Wi-Fi and Bluetooth have modernized personal and public safety communication. Wireless charging with inductive coupling uses an electromagnetic field that transfers energy from the transmitter to the receiver. But there are drawbacks...

BearCom Issues Reminder to Users of Two-Way Radios: FCC Narrowbanding Deadline Now Less Than a Year Away

BearCom, a nationwide provider of wireless communications equipment and solutions, today issued a reminder to users of two-way radios that they now have less than one year to ensure their equipment is in compliance with the narrowbanding mandate from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

City of Green Bay Opts for More Rugged Communications Equipment

The City of Green Bay, Wisconsin's municipal services departments, including parking enforcement and public safety, were able to attain unfailing two-way radio communication from Pryme despite irregular and extreme weather conditions.

Digital Radio Test Set for Automated Tests and Alignment of ES Series Radios

Aeroflex Incorporated has collaborated with EF Johnson Technologies, Inc. to provide automated test and alignment capabilities for EFJohnson P25 radios on the Aeroflex 3920 Digital Radio Test Set. Initial test capabilities will be focused on the 5100ES and 5300ES Series APCO Project 25 conventional radios.

Harris Adds P25 Trunking Capabilities to its Unity XG-100P Multiband Portable

Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, has added P25 (Project 25) trunking capabilities to its Unity XG-100P Multiband Portable Radio. Trunking increases the efficiency of a radio system by assigning voice and data communications to unused radio channels, allowing for more voice and data traffic on the same number of channels.

Icom Announces New Waterproof Digital Radio with Built-in GPS

Icom America, an industry-leading manufacturer of two-way radio communications, announces the new waterproof F3261D series VHF/UHF portable radio with a built-in global positioning system (GPS), emergency functions, and durable construction. Utilizing 6.25 kHz IDAS technology, the F3261D digital portable complies with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) narrowband mandate...

Icom Two-in-One Radio/Pager Meets Narrowbanding Mandate, Features Popular Fire/EMS Paging Tone

Icom America addresses the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) narrowbanding mandate with its F50V series portable radio. The compact and robust radio operates at 12.5 kHz efficiency to comply with the FCC requirement effective January 1, 2013. Suitable for volunteer fire departments, EMS units and related agencies, the F50V can be programmed with the popular paging tone found in devices operating 25 kHz-wide channels.

In The Beginning

In the beginning, there were no dispatchers or phones and 9-1-1 was just a fantasy in some poor cop's mind. How the heck did the public get help? How did Marshal Dillon know Miss Kitty was in trouble? Screaming loudly might help.

Invisio Communications launches new communication solutions with hearing protection

Invisio Communications has launched the Invisio S-Series, a new series of innovative communication solutions with hearing protection for use with two-way radios. The communication solutions complement Invisio's portfolio of products with hearing protection. The new Invisio S-Series was developed for SWAT teams, Public Safety Operatives and the military.

Kenwood Introduces New Ultra Compact Design for NEXEDGE Portables

Further extending the usefulness of the NEXEDGE brand, Kenwood has released a new 5 Watt UHF/VHF portable, the NX-220/320, that is a full ten percent smaller than prior models, retaining the ultra rugged features including compliance with MilStd 810 and IP54/55 protocols while offering the flexibility of a non-display model for those users who do not need to display talk groups or channels.

National Guard Plugs Communication Gap in Mississippi River Flooding with TAC-PAK

Due to the fluid nature of the disaster, the 189th Airlift Wing requested deployment of Region 6's Tactical Command Package (TAC-PAK) Ultra-Agile briefcase mobile command system, manufactured by 308 SYSTEMS. For 16 days, the briefcase sized command and communication system provided both operational and welfare/moral communications traffic linking the 150 person tent city with the trailer based MEOC, Joint Operations Center, and Unit Command Posts.

New Kenwood P25 10 Series "G-Model" Radios Offer Multiple Improvements

The Kenwood TK-5210G/5310G/5710G portables and TK-5810G mobile all feature dramatic memory expansion, making them ideal for larger systems, with up to 1,024 channels and 100 Zones and ensuring a fast 3 second micro boot time at power up. In addition to IP 65 and 67, these G-Model portables meet the IP 68 standard for maximum tightness against dust and water as well as water immersion for up to 2 hours.

New Portable Radio from Klein Electronics

Klein Electronics, Inc. has introduced the New and Improved Blackbox+ Series Professional 2-Way Radio. This palm size, compact design with all metal chassis makes it great for Security, Public Safety and more. Now with louder sound and noise cancellation. Features: UHF/VHF, 16 channels with scan, priority scan, IP54 water resistant, 2-Tone Encode/Decode, VOX (software enabled), Voice Enunciation for each channel and a Lithium Ion battery.

NIST Tests in New York City Suggest How to Improve Emergency Radio Communications

Radio communications can be unreliable in underground tunnels and other large, complicated structures, posing a safety hazard for emergency responders. New tests of wireless emergency safety equipment by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have defined the challenges more precisely and suggest how emergency communications might be improved.

Pryme Radio Unveils Latest Innovations For Public Safety

Pryme Radio Products recently unveiled its arsenal of newest technologies at the IWCE Las Vegas earlier this month. All of the innovations introduced at the show are brand new this year, including two new additions to its award winning PRYMEBLU line, a wireless PTT adapter and a number of solutions for high-noise environments.

Scramblers For Motorola's Mototrbo Radios

Midian Electronics now offers plug-in voice scramblers for Motorola's MOTOTRBO portable and mobile radios in analog mode. These include the VS-1000-MT1 voice inversion scrambler and the VS-1100-MT1 double inversion scrambler. The VS-1000-MT1 is compatible with any inversion frequency from 2100-4096 Hz. The VS-1100-MT1 is compatible with Midian's VPU-6 or Icom’s UT-109 and UT-112.

Secure Comms with New General Dynamics Pathfinder Network Radio

General Dynamics C4 Systems' new Pathfinder handheld radio solves the global challenge of maintaining secure voice, data and video communications for first responders and military personnel working in areas where the local network infrastructure is destroyed, overloaded or nonexistent. The Pathfinder radio allows up to 32 radio users to communicate one-to-one or one-to-many as a single network, and individual networks can also link together for even greater coverage.

Thales First Responder Multiband Radio Receives Intrinsic Safe Certification

Thales Communications, Inc. announces that its Liberty Multiband Land Mobile Radio (LMR) has been certified to the Factory Mutual (FM) Approval Standard 3610:1988 for Intrinsic Safe equipment. Intrinsic Safe ensures that the radio can be operated in an explosive environment, that it will not trigger ignition in the presence of flammable or combustible material.

TIA Issues New Safety Standard for Battery Powered-LMR

NPSTC congratulates the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) on the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) approval of their new standard. The TIA standard answers public safety's need for technical information related to the design, manufacturing, and testing of battery-powered, Land Mobile Radio (LMR) equipment, typically either hand-carried or worn on the person.

TROOPER II Waterproof Remote Speaker Microphone from PRYME

The TROOPER II is an upgraded and weatherized version of the TROOPER series speaker microphone, the PRYME's best-selling speaker microphone product. The TROOPER II is better sealed to prevent dust and moisture from entering the microphone.

Why Can't Public Safety Just Use Cell Phones?

Why can't public safety just use cell phones and smart phones for their mission critical voice communications? Unfortunately it's not that simple. Although public safety regularly use cell phones, smart phones, and other commercial wireless devices and services as a secondary form of communications, these devices and systems are currently not sufficiently suited for public safety mission critical voice communications during critical incidents.

Zetron's MAX Dispatch Now Supports More Radio Types

Zetron announces that its MAX Dispatch system now includes two new interfaces. One connects MAX Dispatch to Harris M7300 radios, which in turn support EDACS and Project 25 (P25); the other connects to Motorola’s SMARTNET/SmartZone trunking system. The Harris interface is now shipping, and Zetron is currently taking orders for the Motorola interface.