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Motorola SL3500E

The Motorola SL3500E is a slim and discreet radio that allows you to communicate seamlessly. This radio can easily fit into a suit jacket or pants pocket, making it a favorite among the hospitality industry. It has a clear and easy to read digital display that allows users to easily navigate functions and receive information with a quick glance.

The SL3500e can be used hands-free as well, connecting with Bluetooth and wireless accessories for convenience of its users. This radio can also be programmed over the air, in real time. With this capability all of your radios can be programmed at once. 

Because of this, you will decrease down time with your radios, and make more efficient use of your infrastructure.

This lightweight radio doesn’t weigh you down, and its slim form factor makes it easy to operate. Enhanced features such as transmit interrupt, mute mode, and quick text messaging are all supported with this device. There are also numerous carrying options available for the SL3500e. This radio supports conventional operation for single sites and IP Site connect as well. Also, the SL3500e supports capacity plus trunking, which will give you higher call capacity due to MOTOTRBO’s efficient usage of channel and spectrum.

This radio can be paired with Motorola WAVE push-to-talk and other data solutions that enhance communications within your operations. Having a reliable two-way radio for your operations makes your team more efficient and allows you to handle issues that arise or customer needs in an instant.

Overall, the SL3500e radio is light, easy to use, and stylish. If you are looking to upgrade your two-way radios, or want to learn more about the SL3500e radio, please visit:

https://www.radioresource.com/contact-us.htm

Renting Walkie Talkies for Nationwide and Local Events

It’s important for staff to be able to communicate during events, festivals, and parades. Summer is coming and having two-way radios to communicate with your team can help things go smoother and get done quicker. We will work with you to provide the equipment you need to ensure your team stays connected and on the same page. Large or small, your job is important to us.

We are located in Denver but have provided thousands of rentals to customers around the United States since 1989. We have served small local operations such as churches and parades and larger events like the Super Bowl and Color Run to name a few. When it comes to team communication and making your operations team efficient, two-way radios can greatly enhance your operations.

We ensure that your equipment is on time and ready to use, and our staff will give you guidance as to what radios and equipment would be best for your event. If you already have an idea of what you are needing, we can assist you with filling that order as well.

In addition to radios, we can set you up with surveillance kits, speaker mics, gang chargers, and other two-way radio equipment that will equip your staff for any type of environment.

We pride ourselves in quality customer service and can even deliver the radios to you in person if you are located throughout Denver, and surrounding cities. If you are out of state, we can ship the equipment securely to your location and ensure that the radios and accessories are ready for your event.

Our Radio Resource team would love to assist you with your event!

For more information you can call us at 303-987-1545, or feel free to visit us at

https://www.radioresource.com/contact-us.htm

Are you looking to expand two-way radio coverage within your building?

Look no further than the Motorola SLR 5700 repeater. This repeater will give you reliable voice and data communication, helping your staff communicate in every corner of your operations. The SLR 5700 is the next generation of repeaters, and with its low power consumption is engineered for low cost of ownership. This durable repeater can operate as an analog, digital, or mixed

Kenwood NX-5000 Series

The Kenwood NX-5000 Series is setting a new standard in public safety, public, and commercial sectors. The NX-5700/5800/5900 encompasses the mobile radios in this Kenwood series. With this series, there is an option to create a variety of configurations and setups, utilizing up to 3 different RF decks if needed. These mobile radios allow for mixed digital and analog operation, accommodating use in mixed sights. The intelligent migration available with these mobiles is ideal for many different operations. This series from Kenwood supports 3 different CAI’s- NXDN, DMR and P25 (Phase 1 & 2). Having these features allows you to migrate to digital, or allow you to operate in both analog and digital for as long as needed.

The large-colored TFT display is ideal for any time of day, making it clear and easy to read for any user. The display shows a multi-line text that allows more information to be displayed at one time. Also, the front panel can be removed and used as a remote controller if needed.

This product, along with others from Kenwood posses renowned audio, and gives you clear communication even in noisy environments. The NX-5000 series has gone through a series of stringent tests, ensuring that this series is suitable for any operation

Other features include:

• P25 Conventional/Trunking (Phase 1/Phase 2)
• Gen2 & NXDN® Conventional/Type-C Trunking Protocol
• DMR Tier 2 Conventional
• Multi-Digital+FM Analog Operation
• FM Analog Conventional & LTR Zones
• Color 2.55" (154 x 422 pixel) TFT Display
• Color GUI and Multi-line Text Display
• 4 W/4 Ω; 3 W/4 Ω for the Remote Control Head
• 6 Front PF keys & 4 Up / Down Selectors
• Emergency Button
• MDC-1200
• FleetSync®/II
• Maximum of 4,000 CH/Radio capacity, 512 CH/Zone, 128 Zones

To get more information on the NX-5000 series, contact us at https://www.radioresource.com/contact-us.htm

Sources: http://www.kenwood.com/usa/com/lmr/nx-5700_5800

Radio Communication at Super Bowl LII

For the 28^th year, Radio Resource successfully designed custom RF systems and distributed radios for Super Bowl events and festivities. Providing radios to thousands of staff members over the course of 3 weeks, our company is proud to help ensure quality communication among operations, security, and many other staff members that all made this years Super Bowl a success. We had the opportunity to interconnect radio communication between multiple sites, including the Minneapolis Convention Center, University of Minnesota, The Mall of America, and U.S. Bank Stadium for Super Bowl LII.

What goes into this year’s Super Bowl two-way radio communication?

Months of preparation, shipments, and planning go into providing two-way radio equipment for the Super Bowl each year. In addition to the planning, ensuring equipment is programmed, on time, and ready to use is a key element of making operations run smoothly. Many different tests and checks are performed prior to Super Bowl game day in order to ensure systems are working properly, and they are up to the standards of the staff members using the equipment.

Designing custom two-way radio systems for the Super Bowl poses challenges such as having multiple sites, high volume of radio users, and high RF noise signature. This also includes having to coordinate more than 20 separate production groups to talk to one another. Clarity of digital voice is critical for staff to understand other radio users in high noise environments, from the sidelines to the security checkpoints. Capacity Plus infrastructure and Motorola XPR 7550e radios proved to be reliable and help provide clear digital voice for staff members throughout multiple venues.

To ensure quality communication, we took advantage of MOTOTRBO’s ability to help increase productivity of the NFL staff and connect a large number of voice’s communicating instantly and clearly. Having this ability to use MOTOTRBO allowed us to sort more than 22,000 voice calls within a 12-hour period, while supporting 58 talk groups. By taking advantage of MOTORTBO’s robust integrated platform, we were able to remotely monitor and adjust our systems in real-time. Monitoring these multiple systems was made possible utilizing G3W. MOTOTRBO systems proved once again to be robust, diverse, and stable in one of the most challenging RF environments.

It is always our pleasure to be able to work with premier events staff in various settings throughout Super Bowl and build custom solutions for the events taking place. The entire Radio Resource team contributed to making radio communication a success at Super Bowl LII, and we are looking forward to more upcoming events in 2018.

In Building Solutions: Bi-Directional Amplifier & Distributed Antenna Systems

Radio Resource Inc. of Colorado can help engineer and design a custom solution for your facility. We offer custom Bi-Directional Amplifier (BDA) and Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS) solutions to amplify and easily distribute RF signal throughout your building.

Systems like these require proper engineering design and analysis in order to function correctly and work specifically for your situation. Common applications we see these systems are, hospitals, underground structures, sports stadiums, shopping malls, and many others. We partner with many top manufacturers in the United States to increase the signal strength of your radio system. These products will not only enhance your operations, but it will improve safety of staff, customers, and tenants that use your facilities. We have years of experience in two-way radios, bi-directional amplifier, and distributed antenna systems. We serve clients nationwide and would love the opportunity to help you and your operations.

Investing in your building and infrastructure is important for the long-term health of any business and its employees. Make sure that your building is up to the fire departments requirements, and ensure your employees are working in a safer environment. 

To find out more about our different in building solutions, visit us at: https://www.radioresource.com/contact-us.htm

Motorola EVX-261

The Motorola EVX-261 is a 5-watt radio that is durable and can give you a great amount of coverage for a great value. This radio was recently rebranded on January 1^st, and still has the same specs and design as it did when it was branded as a Vertex EVX-261. This radio boasts superior audio output, while being able to operate in both digital and analog modes. Two-way radios are slowly shifting toward digital, and this could be the perfect radio to help make that transition smooth and easy. The ability to mix your fleet gives your team and your budget the flexibility of upgrading your radios.

The EVX-261 has features available such as Lone Worker and Emergency Alert that gives work teams peace of mind, knowing that there can be safety measures put in place for any type of job. Rated IP55, the EVX-261 is a reliable and durable radio that can enhance team communication in all types of environments. The EVX-261 has two programmable keys and the ability to have 16 channels. There are multiple scan options and many different functions that can take your team communication and team safety from good to great.

Motorola Solutions has been a trusted brand for team communication and operations for decades. If you are looking to enhance your team communication, or find out more about the Motorola EVX-261, visit:

https://www.radioresource.com/contact-us.htm

Take Advantage of Motorola Trade-in Offers

Are you looking to upgrade your two-way radio fleet in 2018? There is no better time for new radios, than at the start of a new year. If you are looking to enhance your work team productivity and increase team communication, now is the perfect time.

Motorola is offering a trade-in deal where you can save $1,250 when you purchase 10 or more XPR7000 or SL7000 radios and trade in 10 or more eligible units. The XPR7000 series radios are designed for customers who are looking for advanced features with integrated voice and data. These rugged and reliable radios are ideal for operations looking to boost the connectivity of their workers. The SL7000 series radios boast a sleek design and are easy to handle. These light and slim radios can give you better quality voice and greater range.  Motorola is also offering another trade-in deal where you can save $300 when you purchase a SLR5700 repeater and trade in a MTR2000 U2 repeater.

Upgrade your infrastructure and/or radios today, and see the benefit of MOTOTRBO. With the upgrade, you will have more ways to keep your team connected, and this will help you decrease down time and improve operational efficiency. Text messaging and GPS tracking are some of the many features that you will be able to enhance your team communications with.

To get more information about these limited time offers, please visit: https://www.radioresource.com/current-promotions.htm

Important Update for Vertex Standard & Motorola Radio Users

Starting this month, Vertex Standard and Motorola Solutions will join forces and unite under one brand, Motorola Solutions. With this merging comes some changes to the Vertex Standard Product Portfolio.

The following Vertex Standard model radios will be rebranded as Motorola Solutions commercial radios:

          - VX-260 Series

          - VX-450 Series

          - VX-2100 and VX-2200 mobiles

          - EVX-261 and EVX-S24

Along with the rebrand are some product cancellations. The following products will be cancelled and no longer offered.

          - EVX-531/534/539

          - VX-4500/4600, EVX-5300/5400

          - VX-4500/4600,EVX-5300/5400,VX-5500 UHF/VHF

          - EVX-Link

If you have any questions regarding this change, feel free to reach out to us at:

https://www.radioresource.com/contact-us.htm

How TDMA Digital Technology can Increase Efficiency and Save you Money 

 Shifting to digital radios can give you a much clearer path of communication, and it allows you to operate more efficiently. Not to mention, digital radio’s give you more features, and enhances team communication. One type of digital technology is TDMA.

TDMA stands for, “Time Division Multiple Access” and it allows multiple conversations to share the same radio channel. This digital technology doubles the performance of your repeater and allows more conversations to take place. Essentially TDMA doubles the voice capacity of your repeater without needing to makes changes to your FCC license. Also, the second slot can be used for transmitting data such as text messages or location. TDMA allows you to support more users per site and allows conversations to have clearer digital voice.

Using TDMA is also more cost-effective for your radios and equipment. TDMA digital technology essentially cuts your equipment costs because you can have a greater amount of talk paths with fewer repeaters. Your repeaters will be used more efficiently and effectively, and one digital repeater using TDMA can replace two analog repeaters. There is no need to combine equipment or buy extra repeaters to have an extra repeater slot. TDMA can also save battery power because it requires only half of the transmitting power. By cutting the transmitting power in half, it enables up to 40% reduction in battery drain. This will cause your radios to operate more efficiently

Motorola Solutions believes that TDMA is the most effective form of digital technology and most efficient for business solutions. The slow shift from analog to digital two-way radios is here to stay. See how TDMA and going digital can enhance your business communications.

To speak to a representative today about TDMA and two-way radios: click here