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Regulations and compliance play a defining role in the LMR industry. To understand their impact, Brian Emmett, Tait Compliance and Regulatory Manager, compares the LMR regulatory environments in two major jurisdictions: the United States and Europe.

In simple terms, regulatory compliance means obeying the rules set down by regulatory authorities. These regulations define expected outcomes and how they will be achieved. For land mobile radio communications equipment, the outcome is that the equipment will allow... Continue Reading

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Philip Mullins, Tait Solutions Marketing Manager, tells Connection what he sees as the biggest win for Utilities, as they move to digital radio networks.

Ask any Utilities network operator what their greatest pain point is, and odds-on, they’ll say it is managing operating expenses. Predicting an operating budget a year in advance is difficult enough. Mix in aging infrastructure, some severe weather, unpredictably heat waves or cold spells and some unplanned maintenance and what... Continue Reading

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Trevor Textor, President of Text Corp, argues that treating communications as a utility will translate to better business efficiency and big savings.

Selecting telecommunications solely based on price is often a lost opportunity for businesses. Setting up telecommunications like Land Mobile Radio (LMR) as a utility may be more expensive initially, but the difference can be measured in more than just cash – it is measured in potential and... Continue Reading

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The Radio Club of America has had an enormous impact on the development of wireless communications over more than a century.

We recently sat down with RCA board members David Bart and Carol Perry and interviewed them to find out more about the club today.

Tell us about the Radio Club of America. What are you all about?

David: The Radio Club of America forms the bridge between the professional world, the amateur world, and the scientific community. The historical genesis of the club,... Continue Reading

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Radio over IP (RoIP) is a generic term that describes the application of Voice over IP (VoIP) on two-way radio networks. So all digital radio networks with IP connectivity use RoIP.

For radio fleet operators, RoIP can lower costs, improve reliability and increase interoperability in the following applications:

  • access to remote radios,
  • point-to-point, point-to-multipoint and cross-band connection,
  • radio-to-dispatch console links,
  • radio-to-telephone gateway,
  • by reducing cabling.

All of these applications utilize IP infrastructure – the IP backbones that make up both local and wide area networks. Continue Reading

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Even before your new radio system project is approved, there are some key project positions you need to define, for your project.

Susan Ronning, Tait Senior Systems Engineer based in Washington State, advocates establishing clear and consistent project responsibilities, right from the outset.

Project organization consists of a project initiator, project sponsor (who may be the same person), stakeholders, and a project manager. Continue Reading

It doesn’t always take a lot of money to make a big difference in your fire departments communications efficiency. Here are some simple ways to maximize the investment you are already committed to, without breaking the bank.
1) Add some color
An easy way to improve the safety of firefighters is to use high visibility, colored radios that are available from leading P25 digital radio manufacturers.

Brightly colored radios are more visible in dark or smoky conditions. If a hi-visibility green radio is dropped, it can be much more quickly seen... Continue Reading

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In an increasingly safety-conscious environment, operators must protect their workers from the risk of explosion, where there is a known risk of their equipment becoming an ignition source.

Strictly regulated and enforced, IS applies wherever volatile or flammable substances, such as fuel, gas, or flammable dusts are present. With their potential to generate heat or sparking, hand-held radios use a number of methods to meet safety standards.

An Intrinsically safe portable radio designed to the standard can provide... Continue Reading

Power generation systems are undoubtedly critical infrastructures. But they are more fragile than is commonly supposed, and there is plenty of evidence they are getting frailer. Recent blackouts are dress rehearsals for a future in which they will appear with greater frequency and greater severity, due to growing uncertainties in supply and growing certainties in demand.

Supply is generally taken for granted in western societies. Such is our dependence that our comfort, security, communication systems, transport, health, food supply, businesses and social equity... Continue Reading

by Lorraine Bonisch, Editor, Connection Magazine

Connection issue 5 is now live. This issue features technical perspectives and thought-provoking articles to inform, challenge and educate radio communications decision makers.

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