August 2014

RELM—BK RADIO KNG Series Lineup in

VHF, UHF, 7-800MHz P25 Phase I & II

Upcoming Events

APCO International

annual training and

Vendor Expo, August 3-6

New Orleans.

NAPCO (APCO)

monthly meeting August

14, Fairfield. More info

on NAPCO.org

Inside this issue:

WATSON Mercury

Dispatch Consoles

2

AVTEC Scout IP

radio dispatch

consoles

2

CODAN/Daniels

portable repeaters

including their new

cross-band and net-

work linked repeaters

3

GENERAL

DYNAMICS R8000B

has new firmware

available for down-

load

3

RAYTHEON SNV 12

Voter. Helps your

system after narrow-

banding

4

CONSOLE

CLEANING

SYSTEMS cleans

your dispatch area

4

Northern CA, Northern NV & Hawaii www.thesalesgroup.com

The Sales Group MANUFACTURERS REPRESENTATIVES

Wireless News

RELM’s lineup in their new KNG series is below. The KNG Series Radios both Portable and Mobile are available in VHF, UHF 380-470 and UHF 440-520MHz and 700-800 MHz. We also offer our VHF-KNG Command Fire radio. All radios are available with 2024 channels. All are available with P25 9600 baud trunking. 700-800 Radios are also available in P25

Phase II TDMA. We also have entry level P25 KNG S series radios in VHF and UHF with 512 channels (non trunked). Also shown below is our Transportable mobile and desktop base station radio. Stop in and see us at APCO.

APCO Booth # 235

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MERCURY Furniture from Watson Dispatch Mercury, Watson’s newest dispatch center furniture.

Mercury gives you more space to work, more adjustability, and more Comfort than you’ve

ever had. (And takes less floor space to achieve it)

Designed for the way you work,

Watson quality is driven into every

Detail– solid frame construction,

unencumbered technology access,

Intuitive depth adjustment, and a user

controlled dashboard environment.

To learn more how MERCURY can work for

you, visit:

www.watsonfurniture.com/mercury

SEE US AT APCO, Booth # 718

AVTEC SCOUT IP Dispatch Console 3.0 Hardware Audio Package In March 2013, Avtec announced the latest Scout™ 3.0 software release that allows us to offer a suite of new hardware accessories. These professional-grade components continue Avtec’s tradition of providing robust hardware for mission-critical environments. They are now generally commercially available after successful

testing in public safety, transportation, and manufacturing dispatch centers. Mission-critical environments — such as 911 call centers or public safety answering points (PSAPs) demand the most reliable communication systems possible. We had the dispatcher in mind when we completely redesigned our hardware components to reduce size, improve performance, and take advantage of the latest technologies. Our new hardware products also meet global standards and use less energy, so they’re

environmentally-friendly. For dispatching, a dedicated media processing appliance at each console position

ensures the highest level of reliability.

New Scout Media Workstation Plus The Scout Media Workstation Plus is equipped with a dedicated audio processor, is lighter weight, and is 30 percent smaller so it takes up less space on your desktop. It uses less power, which has been reduced from

200W to 60W. It is a direct upgrade of our Scout Media Workstation and includes dual network connections to offer 100% redundancy for maximum uptime in your call center. The Media Workstation Plus is backward-compatible with existing Scout accessories.

SEE US AT APCO #857

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General Dynamics R8000B New Firmware General Dynamics has announced their second generation of its revolutionary R8000 communica-

tions system analyzer now with Auto Tune for Motorola APX, XTS, XTL, and Mototrbo.

The R8000B delivers a previously unimaginable result: a truly portable instrument with more functions than

yesterday’s bench top analyzers. And it now offers significantly improved spectral purity, surpassing that of

comparably priced and even much more expensive radio test sets.

The R8000B’s 14 pound weight gives technicians power and flexibility never before attainable - or currently

attainable with any other instrument. This, combined with the unit’s feature-packed spectrum analyzer and

bright 8.4” color LCD, makes it ideal for taking to sites for infrastructure maintenance and interference

measurement.

Firmware upgrades are available free via web download for the life of the unit, and new capabilities are being constantly added - so your R8000B actually becomes more powerful over time!

NEW R8000B 1.17.1.0 Firmware Release

http://www.gdsatcom.com/_private/CTE/R8000_software_upgrades.php

New Features in Auto Tune APCO BOOTH 1725

(1) Kenwood NX series radios now supported

(2) Motorola XTS 1500 radios now supported

(3) Export all Auto-Tune test reports or test logs with a single soft key

APCO Booth # 418

Contact us now for

SALE pricing until 9-15

Northern CA, NV

Mike Sage, CSP,

Partner

888-801-7253

Bay Area Northern CA

Manny Vierra, CSP

408-309-3954

Central Valley, No. CA

Paul Mills

(925) 766-4545

Hawaii

Ron Serrao

808-985-7545

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QUALITY INTEGRITY SERVICE

The SNV-12 Signal and Noise Voter is a communication device that assures high quality radio signal transmission and retransmission across its network. Improve you systems performance after narrow banding. It uses individual digital signal processors (DSP) to continuously select the receiver with the lowest noise or best

signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) from multiple sources. The SNV12 then provides the “voted” output to a dispatcher and/or to a repeater for retransmission so that all users can hear the best signal, each time they communicate. REMOTE CONTROL Authorized users will now be able to remotely control the SNV12 voter operation via the front panel IP port thanks to a flash firmware upgrade the voter’s CPM3 module.

Currently, users can view performance statistics of each voted site in time or counts over one hour to one week time period. This upcoming upgrade to the CPM3 mod-

ule will also allow users connected to the IP port to remotely disable a site, force vote a site, or modify the system transmit configuration. CPM-3 Module: Upgrade your older voters with this module

Will allow users connected through the IP port to remotely disable a site, force

vote a site or modify the system transmit configuration.

New Diagnostic Capability: Voted and/or transmit audio can be remotely

monitored via the IP connection. SEE US AT APCO

Booth # 1651

Console Cleaning Specialists

CCS is dedicated to preventative maintenance, detailed cleaning, and

product solutions for consoles in 911 dispatch facilities and other

mission critical centers.

Their team of professionals are trained and very familiar with consoles, and the asso-

ciated technologies and the unique challenges of the 24/7 environment. You have

invested in the best consoles on the market. C*C*S wants to help you protect that

investment and extend the life of your products. Their teams are Professionals who

understand 9-1-1 dispatch, its associated technologies and unique challenges. The

challenge is to provide an annual or bi-annual DETAILED CONSOLE CLEANING &

PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE SERVICE that allows dispatchers to continue their

work with minimal interruptions and noise, while keeping the security of the center

intact.

C*C*S’s services include: Console moves and Repairs,

Raised Floor, Static Free Carpet Installation, and Cable

Repair.

SEE US AT APCO BOOTH # 659

Raytheon SNV12 Voter