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Retail Earpieces

By Mark Olsen on May 11, 2015

Retail Earpieces Two way radios are a must have tool to improve retail efficiency. With instant communications between management and employees or between security staff, response times can be lessened and profitability improved. With staff spread throughout the facility, common…

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Restaurant Radios

By Mark Olsen on May 7, 2015

Restaurant Radios. Why Communication is so important in restaurants. See the five most common accessories for restaurants below… Most of us have worked in a restaurant at some point, whether it be fast food, urban or fine dining, bars or…

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Casino Radios Play a Crucial Role in Security and Customer Service

By Mark Olsen on April 17, 2015

Casino Radios Security and Surveillance Security and surveillance play a vital role in every gaming environment. There are always individuals who are trying to beat the system coupled with consumption of alcohol and many health and safety risks. High levels…

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Waterproof Mic. New Product Release!

By Mark Olsen on March 25, 2015

Waterproof Mic. Impact is happy to introduce TWO NEW PRODUCTS to our Platinum Series. Military Grade Speaker Mic Certified MIL-STD-810F, IP67 Submersible with 3.5mm audio jack PRSM-HD8-WP PRODUCT DESCRIPTION NEW IMPACT™ Military Grade Speaker Mic Certified MIL-STD-810F, IP67 Submersible with…

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Vertex VX261 VX264 Accessories.

By Mark Olsen on March 17, 2015

Vertex VX261 VX264 Accessories. Impact has a full line of accessories available for the new Vertex VX261 and VX264 including Earpeices, Speaker Mics, Surveillance Kits, Headsets and our Signature Line of Universal Chargers. Shop by industry for the best recommended…

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Technology and Components. Two-Way Radio Explained. Part 12.

By Mark Olsen on February 23, 2015

Technology and Components. The Technology There are many two-way radio technology available today. The table shows each of technology in terms of whether it is analog or digital, and whether it is conventional or trunked. Note that the analog conventional…

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FDMA and TDMA. Two-Way Radio Explained. Part 9.

By Mark Olsen on February 10, 2015

FDMA Based on access method: Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA) FDMA or Frequency Division Multiple Access is an access method that is used by radio systems to share the radio spectrum. The terminology “multiple access” implies the sharing of the…

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Digital System. Two-Way Radio Explained. Part 8.

By Mark Olsen on February 5, 2015

Digital System Digital radio has additional processing inside the radio to convert the original analog voice into digital format (“ones and zeros”) before transmitting the signal in digital form over-the-air. The receiving radio receives the digital signal and converts it…

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Analog System. Two-Way Radio Explained. Part 7.

By Mark Olsen on February 2, 2015

Analog System Analog System. Radios transmit analog signal over-the-air. Our original voice, which is in analog format, is modulated and amplified inside the radio before transmitted. There is no additional computer processing (i.e. digitization) inside analog radio. Analog radio system…

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Trunked System. Two-Way Radio Explained. Part 6.

By Mark Olsen on January 28, 2015

Trunked System The concept of “trunking” is taken from telephone company technology and practice. It refers to the sharing of common “resources” among a number of different users on the same system without overhearing or interfering with each other’s conversations. …

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