Falcon Direct -May 2010 eNewsletter

Falcon Direct May eNewsletter

This is National Fire Grant Month and More!

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In this issue

-- 2010 AFG Application Program Closes May 28th!

-- Improved Dual Band Portable Now Available!

-- A Special Message Concerning Interoperability

-- New Reporter II Vehicle Camera system!

-- New FCC Narrow Band Changes Released

-- New Sony PCS-XG55 Video Conferencing System Now Available!

-- Hytera Update

-- In Closing.......

Greetings!

The big news this month is for our fire and rescue readers. The 2010 Assistance to Firefighters Grant program application period is open through May 28th. This is a great opportunity to upgrade to P25 communications equipment, wireless intercoms, vehicle repeaters, pagers - even a fire house alarm reporting system and a video conferencing system with 50" HDTV!

As always, we are here to assist. If you need budgetary pricing information on FEMA approved communications equipment, please visit www.info4u.us/P25Planner.pdf.

Earlier we mentioned a fire house alarm reporting system. The incredible new QuikAlert II, exclusively available from Falcon Direct, can instantly notify you if there is a fire or intrusion alarm at the fire station. And, there are NO monthly fees. Additional information is available at www.falcondirect.com/MaySpecials.

2010 AFG Application Program Closes May 28th!

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The The Department of Homeland Security has posted the FY 2010 Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) Program Guidance. The application period is scheduled to begin on Monday, April 26, 2010, at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time (ET). Applications for these grants must be received by Friday, May 28, 2010, at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET).

For additional information, click here!

Improved Dual Band Portable Now Available!

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VHF/UHF Dual Band radio from Falcon Direct

The Dual Band Plus VHF/UHF portable radio announced last month is now available with keypad programming and voice channel change announcements. The Dual Band Plus DBP Series can also now be ordered on line! If you missed our earlier new product announcement, click on the link below for more information on this incredible new radio.

Tell me more about Dual Band Plus Radio!

A Special Message Concerning Interoperability

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Over 15 years ago, a technical operating standard known as APCO-25 (P25) was developed for the purpose of defining a standard communications platform. This platform allows public safety users to plan their communications system for efficiency, interoperability, and long term cost benefits based on the economies of an open system. Now, some vendors are trying to steer public safety workers away from this standard. This is wrong!

Read on...

New Reporter II Vehicle Camera system!

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Incredible new Reporter II vehicle camera system is ideally suited for installation in ambulances, buses, and commercial vehicles. New advanced Mobile Digital Video Recorder (MDVR) can monitor and record all activity from up to four cameras to an SD card, USB Thumb Drive, or transmitted live with optional cellular data or Wi-Fi cards!

Click here for more information!

New FCC Narrow Band Changes Released

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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has issued a Second Report and Order in WP Docket No. 07-100, which amended certain rules within Part 90. One rule change was designed to facilitate system narrowbanding requirements that apply to both Business/Industrial and Public Safety licensees effective January 1, 2013.

Read on...

New Sony PCS-XG55 Video Conferencing System Now Available!

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The video conferencing experience you've been waiting for -- the PCS-XG55 has now arrived! This powerful, best-in-class video conferencing system offers HD quality for the stunning price of $5,999. Video conferencing is the key to affordable distance learning for corporate, educational, governmental, and public safety users.

Get more information by clicking here!

Hytera Update

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We all make mistakes. What you do after learning that you have made a mistake is what separates the winners from the losers. We made a mistake. We beat the whole industry in announcing to the world that Hytera was ready to do business in the DMR (Digital Mobile Radio) marketplace. Then we found out that Hytera was NOT ready to serve the marketplace......

Read on...

In Closing.......

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As many of our readers know, we have a Blog site as well as a Twitter page. What you may NOT know is that we also have a private page for family and friends. This is an unpublished, by invitation only, personal email exchange where we share comments on a variety of subjects.

A sample of one of these emails is available at www.info4u.us/Choices.pdf. If you would like to be included in this personal email group, just click on the link below and let us know that you would like to be part of "the family".

Click here to join "the family"!