"Radio System"
New Digital Radio System Lets Palm Beach Dispatchers Vocalize Info More Quickly
August 16, 2011PALM BEACH, Fla. — Gone are the old analog radios and scanners, available for years at Radio Shack. Palm Beach police now talk to each other on a digital telecommunications system called OpenSky, and Fire-Rescue will soon do the same. While some communities are feuding over its quality, Palm Beach is pleased with the OpenSky system’s performance, officials here said.
Read full articleRaytheon Successfully Links P25 Mobile Radio with Zetron’s Dispatch Console System
August 10, 2011MARLBOROUGH, Mass., Aug. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) successfully integrated and tested its P25net land mobile radio with the Zetron Acom digital dispatch control system to demonstrate the ease of delivering interoperable communications through the use of open standards.
Read full articleZetron’s Acom EVO Dispatch Console Tests Successfully with Raytheon’s P25 Mobile Radio System
August 4, 2011Redmond, Wash., Aug. 4, 2011 — Zetron, a leading provider of mission-critical communications systems worldwide, announced that its Advanced Communication (Acom) EVO digital dispatch console system has successfully completed Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) Project 25 (P25)-based testing with Raytheon’s P25net land mobile radio system.
Read full articleRaytheon To Provide Wisconsin County’s First Interoperable Communications System
August 3, 2011MARLBOROUGH, Mass., (Aug. 2, 2011) – Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has been awarded a contract to provide Rock County, Wis., with its first interoperable communications system, a 20-site conventional P25 digital land mobile radio system. It will provide seamless communications across public safety and municipal services within the county, which spans more than 700 miles in the South-Central portion of the state.
Read full articleDistrict of Columbia Selects PURVIS Systems for Fire Station Alerting System
July 19, 2011Middletown, RI, July 19, 2011 – PURVIS Systems Incorporated, an IT systems and services provider for public safety, emergency management and defense industries, announced today that it has been awarded a $2.63 million contract with the District of Columbia to implement the PURVIS Fire Station Alerting System™ (PURVIS FSAS™). The system is being installed in 37 locations throughout the District, including the Public Safety Command Center (PSCC), the Unified Communication Center (UCC), all 33 Fire Stations, the Fire Boat and the District’s Radio Shop.
Read full articleFranklin County, Pa., Radios $3k Each
July 13, 2011Chambersburg, Pa. — The county is purchasing 26 radios for probation officers at a cost of $3,409 each. “That seems extreme,” Guilford Township resident Joshua Jones told commissioners on Thursday.
Read full articleRecent Events Justify Radio Upgrade
April 29, 2011Bloomington, Ill. — The recent cooperation between Twin City police departments on a series of FBI-led drug raids and planning for a weekend college party has demonstrated why the city of Bloomington needed to switch to Starcom 21 radio system, local officials said.
Read full articleNew Radios Operational for Franklin County’s Emergency Responders
April 29, 2011Chambersburg, Pa. — Franklin County’s digital emergency communications system is in full operation, but the county will continue to simultaneously use the older analog system.
Read full articleIs $27M for Radios Necessary?
April 27, 2011St. Augustine, Fla. — St. Johns County plans to spend $27 million to upgrade its radio system, a move it has said is prompted by a Federal Communications Commission order with a 2013 deadline. However, there is no order requiring the county to go to a brand new system, which county officials now acknowledge.
Read full articleNew Kenwood P25 10 Series ‘G-Model’ Radios Offer Multiple Improvements
April 7, 2011Suwanee, GA: Kenwood announces the new 10 Series “G-Model” P25 mobiles and portables with expanded memory, improved digital voice performance…
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