Sharon Rocha is a heartbroken but determined mother who wanted to somehow transform a tragedy into a force for good. You probably remember the news story about Rocha’s murdered pregnant daughter, Laci Peterson, who went missing on Christmas Eve, 2002. During the months until Laci’s body was found, Sharon was impressed by the work of the search and rescue teams. Much to Rocha’s surprise, most search and rescue in the United States is done by volunteers and she was shocked at how little funding they receive. To rectify this situation, she created the Laci and Conner Peterson Foundation http://www.lacipeterson.com/ to provide grants to search and rescue groups. One of the groups the foundation gave money to was Butte County Search and Rescue http://www.buttesar.org/. The grant was used to purchase a Daniels Electronics Transportable Radio Repeater http://www.danelec.com/products/hardware/cases.asp.

Sharon Rocha can be pleased that already the Daniels repeater is helping to save lives in this part of California. Butte County’s Lt. Dan Newman explains the difference the Daniels radio has made to his organization. “It’s a real remote area. Our radios didn’t work,” he says noting that their searches often took them out of range of their base station. He thinks about the changes since they got the Daniels repeater and how it’s saved lives. In particular, he’s reminded of a search he was involved in last Christmas. It was just outside of Chico, near Paradise. There was a father, 2 boys and a girl. They’d gone to cut down a Christmas tree but a storm came in and they got lost. They weren’t prepared. They were just wearing jeans and instead of staying put they tried to walk back to civilization. The problem was they kept walking in the wrong direction, further and further out of radio range. The next day, they did the same thing. The next day, they walked even further. It wasn’t until the fourth day that the team of 100 searchers finally located the family. Without the Daniels Electronics Repeater, the search would not have been as well coordinated and the family may not have been found alive. “We’re using the repeater 2-3 times a month now,” says Lt. Newman. “This has definitely paid for itself over and over.”

Butte County purchased a Daniels VHF analog 8 watt transportable repeater with an internal battery. For longer operations, they just hook it up to a car battery. The radio itself is housed in a rugged polyethylene case and withstands extreme weather. “We use it in all conditions,” says Lt. Newman. “We’ve been using it for two years and it’s been working great.” Then Newman thinks back to the fact that Laci Peterson went missing at Christmas and how the family near Chico also went missing during the holiday season. He says, “The best thing of all was we got them back in time for Christmas Eve.”

800 MHz P25 Radio Modules

Daniels Electronics has now received FCC approval for it new MT-4E radios operating in the 806-869 MHz Band. The MT-4E radio is a high performance, low current FM radio capable of P25 digital or analog operation in 12.5 KHz channels. P25 operation is supported via a purchasable P25 firmware option and secure mode operation is available via optional encryption modules. Commercial shipments will begin next month. For full details visit the Daniels website: http://www.danelec.com/products/rfmodules/

The 800 MHz MT-4E modules provide:

• Software programmable
• 3 Watt RF output
• Class A (TIA specification) performance on the Receiver
• USB plug for programming and firmware upgrades
• Purchasable firmware upgrade from analog to P25 digital now or in the future
• Used for Repeater or Base Station applications
• Optional AES or DES compliant encryption modules

Detailed product descriptions are available on the Daniels website:

http://www.danelec.com/pdfs/MT%204E%20800%20TX%20Description%20LIT%20054%20100.pdf

http://www.danelec.com/pdfs/MT%204E%20800%20RX%20Description%20LIT%20055%20100.pdf

ET-5 Tactical Repeater

The ET-5 provides the smallest footprint of any transportable P25 repeater supporting transparent encryption in VHF, UHF or 800 MHz bands. It operates with standard alkaline D-Cell batteries that are available at any retail store as well as rechargeable lead acid batteries. The Daniels Electronics ET-5 Tactical Repeater is specifically designed to meet the needs of body wire repeating for undercover operations and other surveillance operations where radio communications providing stealth, compact size for unobtrusiveness and rapid deployment are vital.

The Daniels ET-5 Tactical Repeater is a smaller version of the Daniels ET-4 Briefcase Repeater. Both units are shown above true to scale for comparison. Key Features of the ET-5 Tactical Repeater include:

• Adheres to the P25 standards TIA-102 and TIA-603-C
• Available in VHF, UHF or 800 MHz frequencies
• Transparent passing of P25 encryption (e.g. AES or DES-OFB)
• No double vocoding of the P25 signal
• True end-to-end digital integrity
• Runs on Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) D-cell alkaline batteries or other rechargeable batteries
• Supports up to 19 Hours operation with alkaline D-Cells
• Available with 0.5 – 6 Watts of RF output power – VHF/UHF 0.5 – 3 Watts RF output power – 800 MHz
• Weighs only 20 lbs (9 kgs)
• Compact case 14” x 11” x 6” (36 x 29 x 16.5 cm)
• Available with integral 4.5 MHz duplexer – VHF/UHF (45 MHz – 800 MHz)

http://www.danelec.com/pdfs/ET-5%20Tactical%20Repeater%20Brochure.pdf

Daniels Electronics has been awarded a contract (# 1-06-58-20) for 1,000 VHF High Band Mobile Relay P25 Radio Systems with the State of California. These P25 Radio Systems are available to any State agency as well as authorized cities and counties, through the above contract.

The Daniels Electronics MT-4E P25 Radio System (shown to the right) is a high performance, FM transmitter and receiver capable of P25 digital or analog operation in 12.5 KHz (narrowband) or 25 KHz (wideband) channels in the frequency band 138 - 174 MHz. Daniels MT-4E radios systems support clear or secure (encrypted) P25 and analog voice radio communications. (Secure mode operation is optional.)

A modular design allows each of the radio’s internal modules to be individually assembled and tested. This facilitates construction, tuning and maintenance as well as troubleshooting procedures. The radios can be programmed with up to 2 banks of 16 channels each. P25 options such as Frequency, CTCSS, NAC and analog / digital operation are software programmed with the Daniels Radio Service Software package.

Daniels has an extensive library of marketing and technical literature available on our website: http://www.danelec.com/library/english/.

The following new documents are available:

• Daniels 2008 Catalog:
  http://www.danelec.com/pdfs/LIT-001-5-0-1Catalog.pdf
• ET-5 Tactical Repeater:
  http://www.danelec.com/pdfs/ET-5 Tactical Repeater Brochure.pdf
• Transportable Brochure:
  http://www.danelec.com/pdfs/TransportableRadios.pdf
• Transportable PPT:
  http://www.danelec.com/ppts/Transportable Cases Aug 2008.ppt
• 800 MHz Transmitter:
  http://www.danelec.com/pdfs/MT 4E 800 TX Description LIT 054 100.pdf
• 800 MHz Class A Receiver:
  http://www.danelec.com/pdfs/MT 4E 800 RX Description LIT 055 100.pdf
• Application Notes:
  • AN430 - Radio Satellite Interface:
    http://www.danelec.com/pdfs/AN430.pdf
  • AN800 - Air to Ground Crossbanding:
    http://www.danelec.com/pdfs/AN800.pdf
  • AN300 - Multiple Link Repeaters:
    http://www.danelec.com/pdfs/AN300.pdf
  • AN500 - Tone Base Station Remote:
    http://www.danelec.com/pdfs/AN500.pdf
  • AN1600 - Transportable Repeaters:
    http://www.danelec.com/pdfs/AN1600.pdf

Since the last newsletter Daniels has signed agreements with a number of sales channel partners and we are pleased to welcome the following new partners:

Daniels will again this Fall be repeating its highly successful P25 seminar roadshow. Each session is open to any customers, prospective clients or anyone interested in learning more about P25.

The sessions run from 8:30 – 1:00 PM (lunch included) and will cover the following topics:

• An updated overview of the P25 standard adopted by the Association of Public Safety Communication Officials (APCO):
  • P25 Updates on FSI, ISSI, Phase 2, Trunking and Compliance Testing as well as other hot topics
• Recent developments in frequency bands with a particular focus on the 700 & 800 MHz bands
• Transportable radio solutions

To learn more about any of the above sessions or to confirm attendance please contact Sales at

Daniels in conjunction with its regional sales representatives and authorized dealers will be participating at the upcoming industry events:

Tradeshow	Logo	Dates	Location	URL
FCCA		October 5 -7	Orlando	http://www.fcca-usa.org/index.html
APCO Canada		November 16-19	Ottawa	http://www.apco.ca

The Daniels training department has scheduled a 1-day Radio Basics and RF Fundamentals training course for technicians new to the Radio Communications field and a 2-day MT-4E Analog and P25 Digital Radio Systems technical training course. The courses will be held:

Radio Basics and RF Fundamentals

MT-4E Analog and P25 Digital Radio Systems

The courses will run from 8:00 AM until 5:00 PM on each day.

MT-4E Analog and P25 Digital Radio Systems Course

The course will consist of:

• Introduction to P25 Radio System Technology.
• Discussion of Interface Standards.
• Practical uses of P25 and definitions of P25 terms.
• Overview of the new P25 Conventional Fixed Station Interface Standard.
• Introduction to the New MT-4E Product Line (analog and P25 digital versions).
• Theory of Operation for all Daniels MT-4 radio systems.
• Demonstrations and tuning using Daniels MT-4E digital radio product line.

Radio Systems Basics Course

The course will consist of:

• Introduction to Radio System Operation and Terminology.
• Frequencies, Modulation and RF Propagation.
• Radio System Equipment and Configurations.
• Basics of Testing and Maintaining Radio Systems.

Any and all students are welcome to attend (Federal, Provincial or Local government employees, Dealers, or any others interested in Daniels radio products). Students can enroll in the 2-day class for $750.00 (per student), and the one day class for $375.00 (per student) plus applicable taxes. Course Enrollment also includes a set of Daniels Instruction manuals, Training Guide, training tool kit and some other goodies. Feel free to bring your laptop computer to have the RSS software loaded into it.

Customers may also bring their own Communications Analyzer (IFR 2975 or other), Daniels Radio System and test equipment if it is convenient. It is not necessary, but could allow for more hands-on with your own equipment.

Please contact Daniels Training Section at or 1-800-664-4066 for more information or to reserve your seat. If you know someone who might be interested in this course please pass this invitation on to them.

Last month at the national APCO show in Kansas, we launched our new 800 MHz radio modules supporting analog and digital P25 applications. We also presented the new ET-5 Tactical Repeater and already we are seeing a plethora of new applications for this little repeater above and beyond tactical surveillance applications. Daniels has a number of demos of the ET-5 that are available for 30 day evaluation and should you be interested in trying it out please contact us at and we will be happy to arrange a loaner for you.

Our highly successful P25 roadshow that we originally ran back in 2006 is being repeated this year and as you can see earlier in this newsletter we are covering the world in getting the word out on P25 and the latest developments at the standards committees. I hope you or a colleague will be able to join us at one of these seminars.

Regards,

Robert Small, President & COO