Daniels Supplies Integrated Base Station to Department of National Defence
Daniels Electronics loves a challenge and earlier this year the Canadian Department of National Defence (DND) gave us just that. For their military bases across Canada, DND had a requirement for over 50 Low Band Base Stations and Cross Band Repeater systems, operating in the 29-50 MHz band. DND's unique military application required non-standard product, which included modifications to the transmitter performance, non-standard signaling as well as a custom mechanical package.
The solution Daniels delivered, shown in the photo to the right, consists of an integrated base station containing the Daniels radio equipment, a console interface, amplifier protection circuitry (against shorts and opens), a microphone and power supply.
DND approached Daniels because our reputation for reliable radio equipment and our willingness to develop custom solutions is well known. During initial discussions, the requirements were detailed and the Daniels Technical Services Department, in conjunction with the Design and Development department, determined how their custom requirements could be met. A request for proposal was submitted and shortly thereafter accepted with contract award.
All departments of Daniels then kicked into high gear to meet the 10 week delivery date. Our Design and Development group worked on modifying the transmitter and signaling characteristics of our radios and the Integration department sourced the third party items required as well as the custom cabinet to house each site's system. In parallel, the manufacturing department built up the systems and prepared everything for customer inspection and acceptance. Even the shipping packages had to be customized to accommodate the integrated rack configuration. The photo below shows final configuration laid out on the factory floor awaiting customer acceptance.
On the day of the factory acceptance, the staff from DND arrived and performed equipment inspection, test validation, reviewed the bilingual site-specific documentation and examined the inventory. All requirements were met and four hours later, the customer signed off on the order. For DND, Daniels was the only company that could meet their custom requirement and operational objectives.
For the Daniels staff it was another example of doing what we do best - meeting customer requirements. Short time frames, custom design and rapid prototyping of a custom configuration are all part of our business as usual approach that enabled us to meet DND's requirements. How can we meet yours?
Daniels has been awarded Phase 1 of the WSCA Public Safety Radio Equipment Contract. The Western States Contracting Alliance recognizes Daniels as a company capable of providing Analog and P25 Digital Radio infrastructure for their Public Safety user base under Contact Number 02702 WSCA.
The state purchasing directors from fifteen western states formed the Western States Contracting Alliance (WSCA) in October 1993. The primary purpose of WSCA is to establish the means by which participating states may join in cooperative multi-State contracting, in order to achieve cost-effective and efficient acquisition of quality products and services.
Membership consists of the principal procurement officials from the states of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.
All governmental entities within WSCA states are welcome to use the approved agreements, as well as authorized governmental entities in non-WSCA states, in order to benefit from cumulative volume discounts. For further information, or to request a quote under this contract, please contact the sales department () at Daniels.
Additional information on Narrow Band Paging is available on the Daniels website www.danelec.com
Expansion of Narrow Band Paging Product Line
Since the last issue of this newsletter, Daniels has announced the expansion of their paging product line to support Narrow Band Paging applications in accordance with NTIA and FCC standards. Adherence to narrow band standards enables the new 12.5 kHz pagers to operate with Daniels communication equipment for extended coverage applications.
Daniels communication equipment supports narrow and wideband POCSAG transmission up to 2400 baud as well as wideband Flex protocols and are capable of operating in the 138-174 MHz VHF, 406-470 MHz UHF and 928-935 MHz bands. Daniels communication equipment can be used for simulcast applications, or to extend the coverage range of a paging base station. The photo above shows a typical Daniels Paging Transmitter with paging interface card and power amplifier.
Many of our customers want to benefit from the latest paging products coming to market. The Daniels line of communication equipment provides the infrastructure capable of supporting existing 25 kHz pagers as well as the new more spectrally efficient 12.5 kHz narrow band pagers. Additional details are available from our website.
Our Fall tradeshow line-up will be provided in the next issue of the newsletter.
Daniels Technical Training Course
The Daniels training department has scheduled two Analog and Digital P25 Tuning and Maintenance courses in Las Vegas the weeks of October 18 - 22 and 25 - 29.
Course cost will be $750 US per student.
For more information, or to reserve your seat, please contact the Daniels Training department at .
The Technical Services Department at Daniels Electronics Ltd provides Service, Integration and Training. Our goal is to provide you with the support and information you need to do your job in the most efficient manner.
Test Suite for the IFR 2975
Daniels P25 digital radios are deployed throughout North America and one of the preferred tests sets for maintaining the radio modules is the IFR 2975 made by Aeroflex (shown below). To support our customer's ability to configure Daniels equipment for their applications, the Daniels Technical Service Department has developed a standard suite of tests that can be loaded into the IFR 2975 in order to simplify the test setups, enabling faster radio deployment.
To receive a copy of the test suite files please contact Daniels Technical Service at . Technical notes have been written for the IFR 2975, the 1200S and the 120 B/C communications analyzers for our analog and digital products and are available on the Daniels website /library/english/technotes.asp.
This month's cover story on our Low Band solution for the Canadian Department of National Defence is a prime example of the Daniels? strength in responding to customer's requirements. I am particularly proud of this achievement because it shows the dedicated team approach we take at Daniels.
After receiving the order in early January, all departments worked diligently over the next 10 weeks to make the required design modifications, qualify and integrate the third party products and build the large inventory of equipment needed. By late March, everything was ready for final customer acceptance and shipment. To all of our staff, well done!
Providing custom solutions to our customer is a defining characteristic of Daniels. We are constantly striving to provide specialized solutions that respond to our customer's requirements. Should you have an application that Daniels can customize for you, please contact me.
Robert Small, VP & COO
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The solution Daniels delivered, shown in the photo to the right, consists of an integrated base station containing the Daniels radio equipment, a console interface, amplifier protection circuitry (against shorts and opens), a microphone and power supply.
On the day of the factory acceptance, the staff from DND arrived and performed equipment inspection, test validation, reviewed the bilingual site-specific documentation and examined the inventory. All requirements were met and four hours later, the customer signed off on the order. For DND, Daniels was the only company that could meet their custom requirement and operational objectives.
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. Technical notes have been written for the IFR 2975, the 1200S and the 120 B/C communications analyzers for our analog and digital products and are available on the Daniels website 