The Project 25 Technology Interest Group (PTIG) has developed a new whitepaper on the benefits of P25 technologies for use in Fire ground operations. Many improvements to the P25 Standards, the P25 vocoder and the P25 products available make it a good time to revisit P25 as a technology for Fireground use. A summary of the key points is below. The complete whitepaper can be found using the following link.
A good time to revisit P25 for use on the Fire ground
Summary Benefits of using P25 mission critical radio equipment for the Fire ground include:
- Improved P25 performance in background noise. P25 equipment can now achieve 10 to as much as 25 dB improvements in background noise reduction.
- Tone Signaling – DTMF, Knox and single tone is now supported.
- Paging – P25 Paging receivers are now available.
- Improved Coverage – P25 Phase 1 technology is about +7dB better than 25 KHz Analog.
- Enhanced Signaling – Talking Party ID, Group Calls, Unit-to-Unit Calls, All Calls, Emergency Alerts, Emergency Calls, Call Alerts, Radio Check, Radio Unit Monitoring and others.
- Location Services – Integrated GPS receivers provide location information.
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