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Two-way Radio Accessories Enhance Team Communication

Accessories can help optimize the performance of your Motorola handheld radios. Discreet Bluetooth earpieces, headsets, efficient battery solutions, and charging solutions can all add value to your operations.

Two-way radios offer reliable and controllable communications regardless of the environment. Whether you are in a loud stadium and need a dual-muff headset, or you run a private security team and need something lightweight, Motorola has a solution that is right for you. Noise-cancelling accessories are available for radio users that need to be able to communicate in loud and noisy environments. Often these accessories can be seen in manufacturing plants and various construction sites. In addition to earpiece and headset accessories, multi-unit chargers can help you charge all of your radios in one place and can help your staff easily keep track of where their radios are when charging.

Many radio users may need to carry extra batteries with them while in the field or on a job site. Depending on your daily use make sure you are getting the right power of battery to give you the life that you want throughout your daily operations. In addition to having extra batteries, having the right carrying case or using a belt clip for your radio can make your radio easier to access and use. Various models have carry holster, hand strap, and lanyard options to suit your needs when carrying your radio around all day.  

Motorola provides quality handheld radio accessories that can enhance your fleet and help your staff communicate better. To get more information on accessory options that can be good fit for your staff, visit:

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

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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.

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:

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IP Site Connect-Connecting Your Team Without Constraints

Imagine using two-way radios to talk to one of your job sites in another city, or another building across the world. MOTOTRBO IP Site Connect allows you to extend the reach of your two-way radio system and connect up to 15 different sites, with up to 200 users per site, regardless of where they are located.

IP Site Connect allows you to connect multiple repeaters over an IP network to extend your coverage. IP site connect can be perfect for school districts that have buses dispersed around the city, or manufacturers looking to communicate between different facilities that are miles apart. For example, if your manufacturing plant is located in Denver, you can communicate real time with your engineers and distribution warehouses in other countries! If one of your locations is running in VHF and the other in UHF, IP Site Connect is able to connect these two different sites so they can talk to each other.

The IP network gives you areawide coverage and can link geographically dispersed locations. Features like GPS, text messaging, and work order tickets can make your team more efficient and keep you better connected. No matter how dispersed your different facilities and sites are, you can stay connected. IP Site Connect enhances coverage throughout your property. Drop-out spots are greatly decreased, regardless if you are in a metal structure or a concrete building. This system from MOTOTRBO system allows your operations to run smoothly regardless of location.

IP site connect is currently helping many different industries communicate efficiently and stay connected regardless of location.

See how IP Site Connect can enhance you and your team:

https://www.radioresource.com/motorola/mototrbo/ip-site-connect.htm

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Increase Efficiency and Reduce Costs in the Construction Industry

Construction companies are constantly looking for ways to compete and get an edge over their competition. In today's economy, customers are continually demanding lower prices and want projects done quicker. In order to stay competitive, contractors should look to cut down time on their project and increase the effectiveness of their workers.

In order to cut costs, construction companies must maximize their efficiency when working on a project. Team communication is a large part of getting any project done in a timely and organized matter. This is where two-way radio communication comes in. Seamless communication between different workers at a job site can help operations run smoothly and keep your team safer. Whether your company is in charge of building homes or bridges, Motorola solutions has many radio and radio accessory options to keep your team connected.

Workers can instantly connect with their PTT button and find out what they are supposed to be doing next, or communicate with team members throughout their day in regards to the scope of the project. Motorola has a selection of rugged, reliable, and effective radios that can be a great option for you and your team. Many of these radios can withstand extreme temperatures and the roughness of being in the field. To see which radio may be right for you, make sure to look at its IP Rating. This will help guide you in choosing a radio that is right for the conditions that you are exposing them to.

Radios like the CP200D, or the XPR3300 are two of the many radios that can be great options for your construction site.

We would love to assist you and choosing the right two-way radios for your company.

Contact us today at: https://www.radioresource.com/contact-us.htm

Source: https://www.radioresource.com/downloads/motorola/application_brief/construction_twoway_radio.pdf

Two-way Radios Increase Manufacturing Plant Productivity 

Manufacturers are constantly looking for ways to hit their production goals and increase the efficiency of their operations. According to one specific study, 20% of profits are being lost in plant operations due to the amount of downtime that occurs.

Whether it is food production plant or a chemical plant, operations are always looking for a way to increase their team efficiency and connectedness. One way to do so is by having quality two-way radio communication systems in place. Employees of manufacturing plants need a way to stay connected, increase efficiency, and increase safety of operations.

Motorola Solutions offers some great choices when it comes to two-way radios for plant operations. To start, many Motorola radios have an intrinsically safe option. When conditions are hazardous, or the radio needs that extra level of protection, Motorola can provide that for the user. Extra accessories such as speaker mics, noise cancelling headsets, and different options give the end user a large amount of options.

Two-way Radios and IP Rating. What does it Mean to be Rugged?

Having a rugged and reliable radio is important in the operations of many different industries. Whether you are fighting a fire, or working in a chemical plant, you want to know that you have communication in place that you can rely on. You need a radio that can withstand extremely high and extremely low temperatures, or a radio that can withstand dust and salt.

Motorola works to ensure that your radios are reliable and have been put through intense testing standards, to make sure you know what type of radio you are getting. Radios from Motorola are put through tests for humidity, extremely low and high temperatures, vibration, sun exposure and many others.

After many tests are done, radios are given a certain IP Rating based on their performance in the many different tests they are put through. IP stands for Ingress Protection, which basically means how well the radio is going to be protected from water and dust. For some end users, they feel IP rating is one of the most important specs on a radio, due to the nature of their business.

To explain further, lets take for example the Motorola XPR3500e. This radio is rated IP 67. The first number “6” has to do with dust protection, and the “7” has to do with the degree of water protection. To break it down, see the chart to get a better breakdown of what IP rating is.

Two-way Radios and Hotel Operations

Communication is at the center of keeping hotels running smoothly. It’s important that housekeeping, front desk, maintenance, and all other departments are staying connected throughout the day. This is why quality two-way radio communication is important for day-to-day operations.

Whether you are running a small hotel with 50 rooms, or a large resort with over 5,000 rooms, it is important for all employees to stay connected. Two-way radios allow you to enhance staff efficiency while improving guest satisfaction. Radios are more efficient and effective now than ever before. Slim radios like the SL300 or the SL3500 are some of the favorites due to size and capabilities. These radios are durable and light, which makes them ideal for any department to use. Motorola offers a wide range of options and has radios that are just right for your hotel and what you are looking to use them for.

With radios, work-order tickets can be placed and situations can get handled faster. Simple push-to-talk capabilities and sharing real time information is key when handling an emergency, or getting repairs done on rooms before guests arrive.

Hotel staff members look to communicate effectively by using earpieces to communicate hands free, or even using their WAVE On-Cloud app to connect their smartphones with their two-way radios.

Two-way radios have proven to enhance guest satisfaction and improve operational efficiency. To see more radio options for your hotel, visit https://www.radioresource.com/motorola/mototrbo/system-equipment.htm

Tips to Improve Battery Life For Your Two-way Radios

Here are a few tips to help protect your rechargeable batteries and increase their use and performance life. Taking proper care of your rechargeable batteries can save you and your business money in the long-run!

1.Charge your new battery overnight before using it. By charging your battery overnight for the first time, this INITIALIZES it.

2.When using a Motorola Rapid Charger, leave the battery in the charger for an extra 1 to 2 hours after you see a green light. This applies to non-IMPRES batteries only.

3.DO NOT leave your fully charged radio and battery in the charger when not charging. This will eventually shorten battery life.

4.Stabilize batteries to room temperature when charging. If batteries are charged in extremely cold or extremely warm temperatures performance life of the battery will decrease.

5.Only charge a battery when it needs it. If it is not fully discharged, do not recharge it. We suggest carrying a spare with you if need be. This is the most cost-effective solution for users requiring a longer operating time with their radios.

Battery Life on your two-way radios seeming to die out often? Check out these other tips that may help you:

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