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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

• Icom’s FY06 Rep of the Year - Jeff Hohman

• Icom’s FY06 Rep Firm of the Year - All American Associates • Tech Corner - MDC1200 Features

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May 2006

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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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Icom’s 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.” “It’s 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-Way’s 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. “It’s 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.

“We’ve released five new products in the past year, all of which have been very well received,” says Dick Varbero, IAS Coordinator. “It’s been a great year for us. We’ve 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 that’s 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.”

“That’s 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 toDevelop 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 company’s 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 America’s repackaging department, it will likely land in Bertha Perez’s 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 Office 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 PerezShipping and Receiving

Meet Your Icom Team Icom Launches Industry-First

Icom’s 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 America’s Leadership Team.

Icom’s 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. Icom’s Leadership Team thanks All American Associates for their excellence.

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TECH CORNER ———––––––––––––––––––––––

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ianewsUpcoming 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 five-tone signaling available as well.

Here’s what you’ll 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 firmware; earlier versions do not support MDC.

Here’s 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 configure 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 ID’s and any text ID’s associated with an individual PTT ID. You can create as many as 500 aliases.

Army Tactical NetworksMondernization Conf.June 6-8, 2006www.atnmc.com

Public Safety ShowJune 7-9, 2006Puerto Rico

Police Security ExpoJune 20-21, 2006Atlantic City, NJwww.police-security.com

Enforcement ExpoJuly 12-13, 2006Cleveland, OHwww.enforcementexpo.com

Americas Fire ExpoJuly 18-20, 2006Miami Beach, FL www.americassecurityandfire.com

Midwest Security & Police ExpoAugust 1-2, 2006Rosemont, ILwww.mspce.com

APCO InternationalAugust 7-9, 2006Orlando, FLwww.apco911.org

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