Kenwood's NEXEDGE® NXDN, dPMR and multi-protocol NX-5000 and NX-3000 Series Digital in-vehicle mobile radios, like their hand portable counterparts, are available for operation on VHF and UHF frequencies.

Compact and easy to install, they are ideal for use in cars, vans, taxis, buses, trucks and maintenance vehicles, where a more powerful transmission is required. “And with the vehicle’s battery providing the power to the unit, you can rely on a virtually inexhaustible operating life (so long as the vehicle engine is running to charge it),” says Sean Mervitz, Sales Manager at Global Communications (an Elvey Group company and part of the Hudaco Group of companies).

Additionally, they may be used as a fixed base where a more powerful transmission is required – allowing users to build a simple on-site radio network with a dispatcher function.

Benefits include:

• Wider coverage provided by the increased sensitivity of digital narrow-bandwidth technology
• Compact and easy to install
• Up to 25 watts RF power output
• Compatible with legacy analogue radio systems
• Selected NEXEDGE NXDN models can be adapted to ETSI dPMR Mode 1 and Mode 2 operation
• Advanced safety features.

Digital/analogue mixed-mode

All Kenwood radios feature automatic digital/analogue mixed mode operation. “This key feature means that calls initiated by an analogue radio on your network can be received automatically by a Kenwood DMR mobile radio and the same DMR radio user can respond without having to manually switch to analogue operating mode. This key feature of Kenwood DMR radios means that you can continue to use your existing analogue radios within a Kenwood DMR digital system and migrate fully to digital at a time that best suits your operation,” adds Mervitz.

Multi-protocol mobile, in-vehicle radio

The range includes the NX-5000 Series and the NX-3000 Series: 

• The NX-5000 Series. Designed specifically for mission-critical users, the NX-5000 mobiles offer users the ability to communicate in FM analogue, NEXEDGE NXDN, DMR and P25 formats, providing unsurpassed interoperability when it matters most alongside a host of user safety features. An NX-5000 Series radio automatically identifies a call signal – whether it is NXDN (FDMA), DMR and P25 Phase 2 (TDMA) or FM Analogue – and transmits in the same mode received.
• The NX-3000 Series. The NX-3000 Series takes many of the advanced features and capabilities of the mission-critical NX-5000 Series to business and commercial users in a cost-effective, multi-protocol radio in either DMR plus FM Analogue or NEXEDGE NXDN plus FM Analogue configurations; which makes the NX-3000 Series an ideal solution for those migrating from analogue to digital as users can switch to and from DMR + FM Analogue or NXDN + FM Analogue operation at any time as their needs evolve or change over time.

Also available are the TK-D Series DMR/FM Analogue mobile radios. The TK-D range offer a simple, user-friendly mobile DMR radio solution while benefitting from KENWOOD enhanced audio quality. They can operate in both digital and FM analogue modes, switching automatically as needed. This interoperability with legacy analogue radios allows organisations to migrate from analogue to full digital operation cost-effectively and at their own pace.

For more information contact Global Communications, +27 (0) 12 621 0400, info@globalcomms.net, www.globalcomms.net