Icom F70 Series Overview

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March 2011

IN THIS ISSUE:

•  Icom Wins New York City Transit Order  

  for Nearly 9,000 F70 Series Radios

•  System Provider in Baltimore Gains  

  More Channels and Customers 

  with IDAS

•  Meet Your Icom Team: 

  Aaron Slagle - Advertising Manager

•  College Campuses in Manhattan 

  use IDAS to Interconnect

•  Icom P25 Radios Receive CAP 

  Compliance

•  Icom Summits Mt. Everest Thanks to 

  Red Dog Radios

•  Post IWCE 2011 Roundup

•  Accessory of the Month: 

  RedHawk SA Speaker Mic with 

  GPS and LCD

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Icom Wins NYC Transit Order for Nearly 9,000 

F70 Series Radios

As  part  of  their  goal  to 

build  a  “state-of-the-art 

communication-based 

signal  system  to  replace 

the  mechanical  signals 

dating  to  1904,”  NYC 

Transit  is  now  using  a 

custom  system  of  more 

than  8,800  Icom  F70  ra-

dios to manage fleet-wide 

communications 

across 

their  train,  subway  and 

bus system.  

With  47,000  employ-

ees  working  a  network 

that  covers  more  than 

5,000  square  miles,  and 

using  734  train  stations, 

efficient  communication 

is the lifeblood of a system that 8 million 

passengers in all five New York boroughs 

and surrounding counties each day. 

The  RFP  went  out  last  year,  and  the 

competition  was  tough,  but  the  require-

ments were even tougher. 

  “NYC  Transit  needed 

nearly 

9,000 

radios, 

each  customized  for  the 

operator  who  was  using 

it,”  reports  Chris  Lougee, 

Vice  President  of  Icom 

America Inc.  “Beyond 

that,  they  needed 

things 

like 

custom 

firmware,  custom  circuit  boards  that 

could  be  swapped,  a  database  allow-

ing  them  to  track  every  radio  and  even 

engraving  on  the  hardware  itself.  All  of 

which they wanted to be able to maintain 

themselves  and  train  people  on,  which 

meant  the  winning  bid  would  also  be 

creating  training  manuals  and  teaching 

NYC  Transit’s  own  technicians  how  to 

physically maintain the hardware.”

In  December  2010,  Icom  delivered 

8,825  of  these  highly  customized  pack-

ages  to  NYC  Transit.  Each  pack-

age contained: an engraved 

radio,  belt  clip,  antenna, 

charger, extra extended life 

battery,  noise  cancelling 

speaker  microphone, 

adjustable  shoul-

der  strap,  and  a 

user  manual.  All 

the 

equipment 

is 

intrinsically 

safe,  each  serial 

number  is  part  of 

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