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IN THIS ISSUE:
Icom Launches Industry-First
6.25 kHz Radio Series, Among
Other New Items at IWCE
NE Wisconsin Looks No Further
Than Icom for P25-Compliant
Repeaters
Meet Your Icom Team -
Bertha Perez, Shipping &
Receiving
IAS Growth Evident at IWCE 2006
Icom, Kenwood, Trident Form
Alliance to Develop Networking
Systems
Icoms FY06 Rep of the Year -
Jeff Hohman
Icoms FY06 Rep Firm of the Year -
All American Associates

Tech Corner - MDC1200 Features
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May 2006
2006 Icom America Inc.
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Icom Launches Industry-First 6.25 kHz Radio Series,
Among Other New Items at IWCE in Las Vegas
NE Wisconsin Looks No Further Than Icom for
P25-Compliant Repeaters
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For People Who Make Smart Choices
Icoms new 6.25 kHz portable radio
series the F3061 VHF and the F4061
UHF -- was the featured product among
new items debuted at the annual
International Wireless Communications
Expo (IWCE) in Las Vegas on May 16-18.
Because the F3061 takes commercial
radio into new territory, Icom branded this
IWCE as 2006.25: A Spectrum Odyssey.
Its truly the radio of our time, states
Chris Lougee, Vice President in charge
of the Land Mobile Division. When other
manufacturers petitioned the FCC to
delay the 6.25 kHz equipment require-
ment, we stepped up to the challenge and
delivered this solution.
According to Lougee, the radios
actually create new spectrum for users.
The FCC established 500 new 6.25 kHz
bandwidth channels that go virtually
unused because there has been no
equipment available for the industry.
Now there is, he says.
Public safety, government,
and business and industry
users can operate the F3061/
F4061 Series on their 25 kHz
or 12.5 kHz legacy channels
and apply for 6.25 kHz very
narrowband channels.
Icom also featured a new
MDC1200 protocol available
for their F33G radio series,
and announced that
MDC1200 will be available
for the F50 series in
September. Icom America
Systems growing product
line was showcased, along
with a new B2B site that will
allow dealers to order Icom
products online. The Website
When a consortium of northeastern
Wisconsin agencies needed to buy a
package of P25-compliant repeaters,
they turned to Icom America.
It was a requirement, of the spending
of homeland security dollars, that all
purchases were P25 compatible,
explains Dave Spenle, co-owner of
Two-Way Communications in Eau Claire,
Wisconsin. All government agencies
are required to migrate towards a P25
system in conjunction with upcoming
FCC regulations.
Two-Ways technicians created a P25
repeater by combining two Icom F1721D
mobiles into a repeater that can support
mutual aid channels. Spenle says the
consortium of emergency preparedness
agencies was also pleased at the price
of the 20 repeaters and 40 radios.
Its really one of the best options on
the market right now, says Spenle.
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is slated to go live on July 5.
The dealers response to the Website
was very positive, and contained some
valuable feedback, said Rob Johnson,
who presented the Website to dealers in a
sneak preview at the IWCE conference.
Products were displayed and tested
publicly at the Icom booths, and pre-
viewed more extensively at a private
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IAS Growth Evident at IWCE 2006
In the past year, Icom America
Systems (IAS) developed so many new
products; that the company needed its
own booth at the annual IWCE show to
have room for them all.
Weve released ve new products
in the past year, all of which have been
very well received, says Dick Varbero,
IAS Coordinator. Its been a great year
for us. Weve been shown tremendous
support and have had strong sales.
Among products on display were
the new DRB-25 (P25 compliant) base
station/repeater, the 100 Watt UHF/VHF
repeater, the X-Band 50 crossband
repeater, and a new voting receiver.
But thats not all: IAS also spotlighted
two yet-to-be-released products - a
suitcase-like rapid deployment system
(RDS Repeater) and a prototype
6.25 kHz repeater.
IWCE is a great venue for us,
says Varbero. Our clients tested our
products in a leisurely atmosphere and
talked to engineers and designers of
these products, who were on hand to
talk about them.
Thats the big difference between
Icom and other companies, continues
Varbero. Our clients have direct
contact with the engineers. When the
guy who is installing the machine is the
one who designed it, you can get a lot
more information about it.
Icom, Kenwood, Trident Form Alliance to
Develop Networking Systems
Icom America Inc., Kenwood
Corporation, and Trident Micro
Systems announced May 16 that the
companies formed a strategic alliance
to develop a new generation of digital
networking systems.
Trident joins the previously formed
alliance between Icom and Kenwood,
which developed a common air interface
for digital radio systems demonstrated
at IWCE 2005. A strategic goal of
this alliance will be to accommodate
seamless migration from current analog
systems to new digital technologies with
boundary free expansion.
Trident designs and manufactures
innovative high quality products for
trunked radio systems and network
operators worldwide, including the
PassPort trunking protocol and NTS
digital infrastructure.
Further actions and details will be
announced later from the alliance parties.
all-day gathering for the companys top-
selling dealers on May 16. That all-day
event included information on features
and licensing for the 6.25 radio series,
more information and training on the
B2B dealer website, and training on how
to use the MDC1200 protocol.
If dealers send an order or a radio to Icom
Americas repackaging department, it
will likely land in Bertha Perezs capable
hands. She works in the repack area
of shipping and receiving, where she
processes the credit paperwork for
dealers and sends radios to be serviced
or to be stocked. She also maintains
the repack inventory for customers that
would like to purchase radios from the
repackaging department. Before coming
to Icom nearly four years ago, she spent
ten years working at Ofce Depot. I like
everything about this job, says Perez.
One thing is connected to another, so it
keeps me really busy all day long.
Bertha Perez
Shipping and Receiving
Meet Your Icom Team
Icom Launches Industry-First
Icoms FY06 Rep of the Year
Jeff Hohman, All American Associates
Mr. Hohman has been recognized
for his excellence in attitude, ability,
and achievment by Icom Americas
Leadership Team.
Icoms FY06 Rep Firm of the Year
All American Associates, All American
Associates has been recognized for
their team achievement, team growth
in FY06, and overall growth in the 4
Programs. Icoms Leadership Team
thanks All American Associates for their
excellence.
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TECH CORNER

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Upcoming Tradeshows
MDC1200 Features
What is MDC? MDC is a signaling
protocol that Icom has incorporated
into the latest F33G/F43G series
to offer many useful features. It
has been in use for many years
and is designed to give powerful
functionality to dispatch systems.
Icom MDC radios are designed
to work with any MDC system,
regardless of the manufacturer.
When you use the cloning software
you are able to select MDC in LMR
or PMR mode, making two-tone or
ve-tone signaling available as well.
Heres what youll see when you
open the cloning software in an
MDC enabled radio. It looks much
the same as any LMR or PMR radio,
except that it now has MDC features
added. Note: MDC is available with
revision 2.0 of the CS-33 software
and 2.0 of the rmware; earlier
versions do not support MDC.
Heres a quick rundown on the features
PTT ID: Allows you to send your unique ID to
another radio, or group of radios.
Emergency: Transmit an emergency message to a dispatch station;
you can congure your radio to send the message
silently as well as repeatedly.
Select Call: Select call allows you to call individual radios or a group
of radios.
Call Alert: This feature works much the same as paging, sending
your ID to another radio.
Radio Check: Check whether an individual radio is
turned on and within range.
Stun/Revive: The radio can disabled and re-enabled from
another radio.
StatusMessage: The radio sends status information or general
messages to another radio.
Alias: Each radio uses an alias table, which contains a list
of PTT IDs and any text IDs associated with an
individual PTT ID.
You can create as many as 500 aliases.
Army Tactical Networks
Mondernization Conf.
June 6-8, 2006
www.atnmc.com
Public Safety Show
June 7-9, 2006
Puerto Rico
Police Security Expo
June 20-21, 2006
Atlantic City, NJ
www.police-security.com
Enforcement Expo
July 12-13, 2006
Cleveland, OH
www.enforcementexpo.com
Americas Fire Expo
July 18-20, 2006
Miami Beach, FL www.
americassecurityandre.com
Midwest Security & Police Expo
August 1-2, 2006
Rosemont, IL
www.mspce.com
APCO International
August 7-9, 2006
Orlando, FL
www.apco911.org
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