Products and Solutions update, Tait Tough

Tait Tough 2.0: The Water Cannon Test

October 17, 2013

A few months ago we posted a series of Tait Tough videos. We had a great time launching the TP9400 with a catapult, hitting it with a bowling ball, running it over with a jeep, and more. We were consistently surprised by how durable the radios turned out to be, so we knew we needed to push the limits even more.

And that’s exactly what we did.

Our first new Tait Tough video is called the Water Cannon Test. We asked the good people at the Christchurch Airport Fire Service if we could run a few experiments with their equipment. They kindly agreed, and so we put the radio through several high pressure water tests. Continue Reading

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Don’t get locked into the wrong solution

October 3, 2013

We’ve heard from many Public Safety agencies that they’re pleased there are other P25 options to choose from once they get out of the proprietary web some vendors weave.

Genuine open standards are non-proprietary, so they’re not under the control of one vendor. An increasing choice of certified vendors brings down prices, improves technical quality and avoids the risk of being locked into a sole supplier, which can compromise your interoperability. Continue Reading

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DMR Digital Mobile Radio Frequently Asked Questions

September 26, 2013

Q. How does DMR coverage compare with analog?
The coverage of a DMR network is comparable to the coverage of a narrowband analog network. In many instances, the actual coverage of the DMR network is perceived to be better as the voice quality stays the same throughout the whole service area.
Q. Can you combine voice and data on one channel?
DMR supports both voice and data services and on a trunked network, channels can be dynamically allocated to the service that is required. With DMR, priority levels will ensure that traffic with the highest... Continue Reading

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P25 Radio Guide | Frequently Asked Questions

September 19, 2013

Q. What are the benefits of moving to a P25 digital radio solution?
Digital radio provides key benefits such as:

  • Improved audio quality and clarity – especially at low received signal levels near the edge of coverage
  • Enhanced user features
  • More capacity – from the same number of frequencies (spectral efficiency)
  • Greater coverage – than analog, with a sharp drop at full range
  • Secure end-to-end encryption – compared to analog scrambling/encryption techniques, digital encryption has no degradation in voice quality.

P25 is a standard specified by public... Continue Reading

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Thought Leadership

Beyond Bluetooth™

August 22, 2013

By Trish Messiter, CEO, Clarinox Technologies & Anthony Lister, Senior Systems Designer, Tait Communications.

Long-term value from short-range connectivity; wire-free and hands-free possibilities for critical communications.

In this age of smartphones, touch-screen tablets and imminently wearable computing, the ubiquitous radio communications device seems to be just as resilient to change as it is to the rigours of the environments in which it’s used.

Emergency response personnel are literally weighed down by technology these days as they double-up and triple-up on gadgets to get the... Continue Reading

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Brains beat brawn in radio linking

August 8, 2013

By Paul Daigneault, Chief Executive Officer, MiMOMax.

A common misconception among radio professionals is that a large bandwidth is needed when linking analog and digital PMR base-station sites. However, this isn’t necessarily the case.

With the development and adoption of more spectrally-efficient radio technologies, it can be argued that there’s no overall shortage of radio spectrum. However, the unique propagation properties particularly associated with radio waves in UHF bands make this the most sought-after and crowded band in the usable spectrum. As a... Continue Reading

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Thought Leadership

Emergency Services: On the move

August 6, 2013

Organizations responsible for protecting people and critical assets are faced with an increasing number of response priorities—security challenges both internal and external, increasing threats from natural disasters, keeping workers and the community safe—while still managing internal challenges such as declining budgets, the next-generation mobile workforce, and technology complexity.

Tait Communications Public Safety Specialist Rob Hockings recently took part in the Government Technology Review (GTR) Magazine’s roundtable discussion, “Emergency services: On the... Continue Reading

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Talking P25 best practices — Round 3

July 30, 2013

By Darek Wieczorek, Principal Consultant, Tait Communications.

Delegates at the third P25 Best Practices Roundtable hosted by Tait Communications

The third and final P25 Best Practices Roundtable took place at Lake Tahoe, California, on July 25th. We narrowed our focus to shed light on those issues that hadn’t yet been explored fully in the previous two sessions. Much of the time was spent discussing system management issues, and — given that the cumulative experience in the room exceeded 250 years and included some very recent efforts — we learned some valuable points: Continue Reading

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The case for conventional P25 for smaller Public Safety organizations

July 19, 2013

By Darek Wieczorek, Principal Consultant, Tait Communications.
Here’s something you may not know: for smaller Public Safety organizations, there may be very little practical gain between inexpensive P25 conventional systems and high-end trunked ones.
While trunking undoubtedly has its advantages for large networks with many subscribers, unless your system is very busy, rapidly expanding or supports a large number of users, there may be very little functional difference between a trunked and conventional system for smaller... Continue Reading

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Evolution of the P25 Phase 2 radio: Tait TP9400

July 4, 2013
Tait TP9400 (left) and Tait TP9100 (right) P25 portable radios

We’ve highlighted the toughness of the TP9400 before, but today we have a new video that demonstrates the detailed thought and design work that went into creating the best P25 portable radio we’ve ever made.

Hear from five different radio experts as they share their thinking around the TP9400. Their passion for radio and meeting our customers’ needs shows, and you can see it for yourself in the video below: Continue Reading

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