Transportable Mobile Radio

TCI developed a transportable radio in a rugged splash-proof case for a defence customer requesting an easily portable system for their rapid response units.

The transportable radio, which can be trunked or conventional, is designed to operate without opening the case. A handheld speaker microphone is connected to the outer case, as is the battery charging socket, on/off switch and antenna. The radio has its own battery power supply, and two LEDs provide transmit status and low battery warning.

Read this product information sheet for further details.

Variable Backlighting and Encryption for Armed Services

Tait Orca 5040 portable radios and T2040 mobile radios were customised by TCI to enable user-adjustable backlighting for an armed services contractor.The standard display and keypad backlighting was too bright for army personnel wearing night vision goggles.

TCI also undertook significant development work to provide encryption for the customer's despatcher terminal, PABX traffic and radio terminals. This ensured secure communications across the entire system, a critical factor for armed forces.

Tait Orca 5020 Portable to work with VHF Manpack Radio

When a South-east Asian army needed a reliable portable radio to work with their existing VHF Manpack radios, TCI provided them with modified Tait Orca 5020 portable radios.

This enabled all army personnel to communicate with each other during training exercises and in the field, regardless of the model of radio issued.

For further information about this TCI solution, read this product information sheet.

Trunked-to-Conventional Crossover

TCI developed a trunked-to-conventional crossover interface for a Government agency monitoring the fisheries industry, enabling staff to communicate back to base when outside the range of the trunked radio system.

Staff working at beaches or on the coastline often could not gain a trunked signal on their Tait Orca portable radios, due to the topography. TCI's solution consisted of a Tait Orca 2040 trunked UHF portable radio and a TM8110 conventional VHF mobile radio, linked via an interface and a pin-to-pin 15-way D-range cable.

This trunked-to-conventional crossover could be located in a car on higher ground, or any suitable site within range of the trunking system.