The arrival of digital communications, in the form of digital radio handsets and their supporting networks, are changing the fundamental nature of how work is done, how lives are saved and how profits are made. [ + ]

Two speakers at RadioComms Connect will be covering the future of critical communications. [ + ]

MiMOMax’s point-to-point network digital link was used by BTC’s public safety user to link remote R25 digital radio infrastructure. [ + ]

Geoff Spring, chair of APCO Australasia, discussed the changes he has seen through his time in the public safety communications industry. [ + ]

The radio system was designed to be capable of operation over an extremely long range, beyond the boundary of the solar system, and to operate for many years. [ + ]

Replacing obsolete instruments can have major negative consequences for the deployed test program set (TPS) and for the maintenance, calibration and repair costs of automated test equipment (ATE). By employing instrumentation with an emulation strategy, new instruments can be successfully integrated. [ + ]

The TETRA + Critical Communications Association joined with the Australian TETRA Forum to hold conferences and exhibitions around Australia. [ + ]

This season of V8 racing will be the first with all operations staff using Kenwood NEXEDGE radios. Through Racecomms support teams, the radios have reduced issues of interference. [ + ]

Researchers may find that GPS signals from smartphones and navigators could determine how much water vapour is in the atmosphere. [ + ]

Because of its vast area and sparse population, it was natural that Australia took to radio like a duck to water. Elsewhere in the world, the science was also welcomed. Mike Smyth takes a look at some of the not-so-known facts on radio. [ + ]

The P25 Solutions Centre will soon be able to demonstrate interoperability with encryption and there are plans to install data services before the end of the year, according to Airwave Solutions. [ + ]

Engineers at Telit find out whether GLONASS can be used with GPS to accurately locate vehicles or assets better than GPS-only units. [ + ]

Stanford electrical engineers overturn existing models to demonstrate the feasibility of a millimetre-sized, wirelessly powered cardiac device. The findings, say the researchers, could dramatically alter the scale of medical devices implanted in the human body. [ + ]

RadioComms Connect 2012 and the ARCIA gala dinner will be held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre in December. [ + ]

A relay antenna was installed at Romnoes in Antarctica to improve the VHF communications between the PEA base and scientists out in the field. [ + ]