A new radio antenna system is making waves in the public
safety realm that are being felt from coast to coast.
The
HPR.0990 Antenna is at the heart of a novel system
called “RadioSAFE,” which can function for communities
impacted by wildfire, hurricane, or flooding in ways
that social media-based notification systems cannot.
That is because when calamities strike, notification
systems based on wireless communications take a punch to
the gut when power is lost. In places where cell
towers do have generator backup, the run-time is limited
by tank size and the ability get new fuel to the tower
site. And, of course, the amount of information
that text-based notification systems can push out is
limited to a few sentences. Those who do receive
the alerts are required to have signed up for them in
advance, and statistically, most people don’t.
RadioSAFE Systems, in contrast, leverage radio
frequencies that everyone can tune to over the very
receivers that are the most likely to be at-hand in an
evacuation scenario – the in-vehicle radio. Unlike
cellphones whose batteries get drained quickly, car
radios have relatively large car batteries backing them
up. Safety officials locate RadioSAFE transmitting
antennas at 911/Emergency Operation Centers, which have
robust and reliable emergency generators to keep them
operating. And, there is virtually no limit to the
amount of information and the frequencies of the updates
that can be delivered by radio.
The new HPR.0990 Antenna makes the RadioSAFE solution
unique because of its enhanced efficiency combined with
its ability to handle 10 times the power of its
predecessors. With a special FCC license, the
antenna gives RadioSAFE systems the ability to take
coverage that did not go beyond the city-level, out to
the county-level. The system is available in three
configurations, the largest of which sports a broadcast
radius of more than 20 miles.
The HPR.0990 Antenna is a relatively small and light,
given its impressive capabilities. The whip
antenna is just 32 feet long fully assembled, and weighs
in at only 30 pounds. It can be mounted on a
simple 20’ pole or tower located in the yard of a public
safety center. Erected, its height above ground
can be less than 50 feet, allowing it to duck under many
local zoning ceilings. It is manufactured by
long-time antenna partner Morad Antenna Company
specifically for Information Station Specialists, the
sole distributor.
RadioSAFE systems, which include the HPR.0990 Antenna
wrap in all the required electronics, engineering and
installation services to make this community safety
solution complete. It can be licensed in most
areas of the USA, however, frequency space is limited.
Learn more about RadioSAFE
systems here.
Contact Information Station Specialists via email
here.
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