Kansas City, Mo. — Midland Radio Corporation has announced that the Midland Land Mobile Radio (LMR) P25 product line now includes enhanced product capabilities: Site Monitoring and Channel Steering.

Site Monitoring Option
Site Monitoring increases safety and efficiency by allowing remote monitoring of base/repeater station performance. Remote site monitoring is accomplished by the use of low speed data capability specified by the P25 protocol. Important remote Base Tech III operating parameters can now be observed as they are displayed on a local Base Tech III control station. The following operating parameters can be monitored:

• B+ voltage
• RF power (an indicator of high temperature, high VSWR, or component failure)
• RX synthesizer status
• Receiver performance

Channel Steering Option
The Channel Steering option offers further efficiencies and risk reduction.  This technology allows channel steering to occur remotely via a companion radio link. The linked Base Tech III radio receives and recognizes Network Access Codes (NAC) and converts them to serial data. This data is then communicated to the remote Base Tech III directing appropriate channel selection.

This valuable technology allows a remote base station to be steered to the desired repeater. This is particularly effective when multiple repeaters require access from a control station that cannot access them directly by RF. The reduction in risk, time, and cost make this technology invaluable. Inter-operability is also enhanced since the remote base station can be steered to an analog or digital repeater. The necessary analog-to-digital or digital-to-analog translation takes place at the remote site.

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Base Tech III P25 state-of-the-art base stations and repeaters are designed for government, public safety and business applications. Built for 100% continuous duty, the Midland Base Tech units are designed to withstand even the most severe working conditions, with a Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) of less than 0.991%. Fully digital, Midland P25 products meet APCO P25 common air interface standards for compatibility with other P25 radios (regardless of manufacturer). The Midland P25 products also can operate in analog mode, offering full backward compatibility with conventional wideband FM systems.

The P25 Base Tech III has multi-mode operation, 500 channel capacity, wide and narrow channel spacing per channel, low or high power per channel and standby current of less than 300mA. The Midland Base Tech is programmable by channel for direct or repeat operation. And, as an industry first, Midland’s P25 Base Station boasts a 5 year warranty.

Midland Radio Corporation, headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., is the U.S. affiliate of an international group of companies with offices in North America, Europe and Asia. Since 1959, Midland has been at the forefront of radio technology, offering both commercial and consumer products with the latest features at great prices.

Midland’s professional radio division is a leading supplier of 2-way communications products to Federal, state and local government agencies and private commercial enterprises.