September 2018

February is Distracted Driving Awareness Month in Alberta, and more and more often, it seems that distracted driving is a factor in traffic collisions, injuries and fatalities. Since new, harsher penalties hit Alberta roads in 2011, police across the province have issued 139,579 convictions ($287 fines and 3 demerit points each) for distracted driving.  As […]

If you use two-way radios on the job, then you’ve probably heard rumblings about analog radios being phased out and digital taking over the market.  Maybe you’ve already made the switch.  But, if you haven’t, here are some of the benefits Coverage t’s better. No way around it. While analog signals degrade the closer you

Each portable radio represents a substantial investment in your communications system.  Damage could lead to your radio failing you when you can least afford it.  Add to that the time and money you’ll be spending to repair a batch of radios with damage that could easily be avoided.  So here are some tips on how

Your radios are vital communication tools on the job site and, ideally, you’ll use them just as intuitively as your smartphone. That being said, you can’t exactly use them in the same way. That means some new best practices should be put into place, whether it’s you’re a first-time user or one that has developed

Often, performance issues with a two-way radio can be resolved by swapping in a fresh battery. That’s why it’s just as important to maintain your batteries as it is the radios themselves. Not knowing how to might lead you to send your communication gear in for service, unnecessarily taking valuable and critical tools out of