Buying a System, Not Just Radios
A radio system is coverage design, frequency assignment, configuration, training and support, with devices attached. Purchases that treat the devic…
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Writing a radio specification that produces a working system: tender wording, multi-vendor compatibility, total cost of ownership and the mistakes that cost most.
Buying a System, Not Just Radios
A radio system is coverage design, frequency assignment, configuration, training and support, with devices attached. Purchases that treat the devic…
Common Mistakes in Radio Tenders
Radio tenders fail in predictable ways. The recurring errors are writing the requirement as a device list, omitting the coverage survey and accepta…
Total Cost of Ownership of a Radio Fleet
Device price is a poor proxy for what a radio system costs. Over ten years the larger items are coverage infrastructure, batteries replaced two or…
What to Check When Buying Used Radios
Used radios are worth buying when the band matches your licence, the battery is costed separately, the seal has not been broken by a previous repai…
Will Radios from Different Brands Work Together?
Interoperability depends on which layer you mean. Analogue radios from any manufacturer share a channel. DMR devices interoperate for basic voice b…
Writing Radio Specifications for Public Tenders
A radio specification has to describe an outcome, not a shopping list. The clauses that decide whether the delivered system works are the coverage…
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