Handheld analyzer tests P25 

By Mary Rose Roberts

Anritsu introduced the S412D LMR Master, a handheld test-and-measurement instrument for the installation, verification and servicing of Project 25, or P25, communications systems....

Tait Chosen for P25 System for Police, Fire 

The City of Augusta, Maine, has chosen Tait Radio Communications to deploy a Project 25 VHF simulcast radio system...

So far, so good 

By Doug Mohney

Can new frequency coordination procedures established by an independent council of 19 disparate associations be so painless and uncontroversial that the Federal Communications Commission can't even muster a Public Notice over the results?...

Almost ready for prime time 

By Donny Jackson

After years of being limited to debates regarding the long-term future of communications, software-defined radio and cognitive radio have become factors...

Project 25 Standard Moves Foward 

By Glenn Bischoff

The APCO Project 25 Interface Committee, or APIC, has sent the physical-layer proposal for the second phase of the standard...

Finally, a real breakthrough 

By Lynnette Luna

More than 15 years ago, U.S. governmental and standards organizations began to develop the Project 25 standard for the public-safety community. The primary...

EADS buys PlantCML 

By Donny Jackson

Deal offers large U.S. presence, one-stop PSAP shopping...

A CORNER TURNED 

By Donny Jackson

The recent introduction of multiband radios offers hope that the pathway to frequency-agile radios - and ultimately cognitive devices - has been cleared....

When silence isn't golden 

By Lynnette Luna

Researchers work to find out why digital radios are having problems on the fireground...

How Project 25 two-slot TDMA works 

By W. Roy McClellan III, P.E.

Benefits include enhanced spectral efficiency and doubling of channel capacity...

Why TDMA makes sense for P25 

By W. Roy McClellan III, P.E.

For starters, it will greatly ease the FCC-mandated narrowband migration...

EFJohnson announces multisite P25 system 

By Donny Jackson

EFJohnson introduced multisite capability to its Trunked IP25 Infrastructure System...

EFJohnson receives DoD order 

Irving, Texas-based EFJ announced that its subsidiary, EFJohnson, received an order from the Department of Defense valued at $3 million...

EFJohnson debuts enhanced P25 vocoder 

By Donny Jackson

EFJohnson announced it is including the Enhanced Project 25 digital vocoder in its new P25 radios...

The hope - and reality - of Project 25 

By James Careless

Much anticipated transition would offer ample opportunities, but when, how?...