by Mark Abrams | Dec 31, 2019 | Articles, Coverage, Design, Top
Land mobile radio (LMR) started in the 1930s and has made a lot of progress since that time. Originally all LMR radios were one-way radios, because they could only talk in one direction. The one-way radios would receive a message in the vehicle where a receiver was...
by Mark Abrams | Dec 23, 2019 | Articles, Design, Top
A trunked radio system, as defined by the FCC is, “A method of operation in which a number of radio frequency channel pairs are assigned to mobiles and base stations in the system for use as a trunked group.” Trunking is the pooling of radio channels where all users...
by Mark Abrams | Dec 18, 2019 | Articles, Design, Top
NEXEDGE digital was developed by Kenwood in 2008 based upon NXDN technology which was jointly developed by Kenwood and ICOM. Both companies worked together to develop the NXDN digital technology which has been set up as an open standard that is available to any radio...
by Mark Abrams | Dec 12, 2019 | Articles, Events, Top
Radio Coverage We have more coverage of the race course than anyone else. We cover 98% of the race course, far more than anyone else. Our coverage is better than anyone else because our system allows you to talk from anywhere to anywhere within our radio coverage. ...
by Mark Abrams | Dec 12, 2019 | Articles, Top
Explanation of shared frequencies. Shared frequencies are like the old party line phones. When you would want to make a call, you would have to pick up the phone and listen to find out if some else is using the phone. If they were in the middle of a call, you would...
by Mark Abrams | Dec 12, 2019 | Articles, HowTo, Top
Keep all transmissions brief and to the point so that everyone can use the radio. Avoid “radio checks’ with other persons unless you have a specific message to pass. Hold the portable radio by the radio body. The radio antenna and audio accessories are not for...
