Harris Corporation Brings 700/800 MHz Bands to its Smaller, Lighter P7300 Radio for Public Safety and Other Mission-Critical Users
BOSTON, MA, — Harris Corporation’s (NYSE:HRS) P7300 radio – a rugged and lighter weight multi-mode portable – is now available in the 700/800 MHz bands, offering the choice of additional frequency bands for public safety and other mission-critical users. The P7300 is a feature-rich, single-band radio that delivers end-to-end, encrypted digital voice and data communications.
The P7300 is compliant with industry-standard APCO P25. It is future-ready and software upgradeable to APCO Project 25 Phase 2, the next-generation emerging standard for mission-critical communications.
The new radio uses a high-speed, digital-signal processor and the latest RF (radio frequency) components to support multiple applications in one package. Some of these applications include Project 25 (P25) digital trunking features, P25 digital conventional, ProVoice™ digital trunking, OpenSky® trunking, EDACS, and a complete suite of analog conventional features.
“We developed the P7300 to give our customers the flexibility they need to operate in different modes and frequency bands — with a more compact radio,” said George Helm, vice president and general manager, Harris Public Safety and Professional Communications.
To meet users’ particular security requirements, the P7300 portable can be customized to include the most widely used encryption, including 256 bit AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) and 64 bit DES (Data Encryption Standard).
Harris Public Safety and Professional Communications is a leading supplier of assured communications® systems and equipment for public safety, federal, utility, commercial and transportation markets — with products ranging from the most advanced IP voice and data networks, to industry leading multiband, multimode radios, to public safety-grade broadband video and data solutions. With more than 80 years of experience, Harris Public Safety and Professional Communications supports over 500 systems around the world.
About Harris Corporation
Harris is an international communications and information technology company serving government and commercial markets in more than 150 countries. Headquartered in Melbourne, Florida, the company has approximately $5 billion of annual revenue and more than 15,000 employees — including nearly 7,000 engineers and scientists. Harris is dedicated to developing best-in-class assured communications® products, systems, and services. Additional information about Harris Corporation is available at www.harris.com.
About the P7300 Radio
The P7300 is now available in the 700/800 MHz bands (764-776, 794-805, 806-825, 851-870) in addition to the UHF-HI (450-512 MHz) band.
The P7300 ProFile™ feature offers OTAP (over-the-air programming) capability to enable efficient software updates, and ProScan™ technology allows for automatic roaming between sites. The radio also offers a full conventional feature set and a personality lock feature. The P7300 can store in memory up to 1,024 trunked group combinations, 1,035 conventional channels, 255 individual call numbers and 255 telephone numbers.
The P7300 also meets the demanding drop, temperature, pressure, weather and vibration requirements stated in MIL-STD-810F, as well as U.S. Forest Service vibration requirements. In addition, the portable radio meets dust and immersion requirements for IP-67 and is available in an immersible model. The P7300 radio has an environmental test certification of 1.5 meter drop shock to concrete, using parameters of TIA-603-C 1.0 meter drop-shock specifications.
The P7300 portable offers a wide range of accessories including headsets, earpieces, speaker microphones, PC programming software and cables, subminiature surveillance accessories, antennas, cases, straps, belt loops and swivel mounts, desk chargers and wall chargers.
