ISS Upgrade Ideas for Emergency Operators

Step Up to the Next Generation Digital Message Player –
the NX8R

A digital message player that can be controlled by telephone is the heart of every Emergency Advisory Radio Station. The new NX8R Digital Message Player works on the same convenient protocols as the legacy IP8 or AP55 Player you currently have but with a quantum leap in . . .

Capacity:	80 minutes of recording time and up to 1,000 messages. (The legacy player has 14 minutes and 250 messages, maximum.)
Stability:	Flash memory means all programming is safe from power loss.
Quality:	A 16-bit recording rate makes messages sound better.
Flexibility:	NX8R handles multiple live feeds from sources such as NOAA, PCs, CATV, etc.
Automatic Station ID:	The station identification plays automatically every half-hour as required by the FCC.
Redundancy:	If you lose your telephone lines in an emergency, the NX8R Digital Message Player offers a two-way redundancy option that allows total control across a two-way radio channel using the same commands that are used by telephone.

GO TO NX8R wEBPAGE.

Add the Quality and Convenience of Computer Control

The programming on many stations today is managed drag-and-drop style on a desktop PC. Audio files can be created, edited and processed for highest broadcast quality. The number of messages and the storage capacity is virtually unlimited. Computer control allows excellent quality and intuitive on-screen control, combined with the convenience of transporting audio files in the MP3 or WAV formats.

Workstation Audio Control:	Is the stand-alone solution. Go to Workstation Audio Control webpage.
Signalcast^IP Audio Management Software System:	Puts the radio station controls on your network and provides multi-point control, text-to-speech and automatic program change scheduling. Go to Signalcast^IP webpage.

Both solutions work in conjunction with either your station's legacy digital message player or the new NX8R Player described (left), so the ability to control the station by telephone is retained and redundancy is added.

Notify Instantly

When the situation becomes critical, turn on Flashing ALERT Signs in the coverage area of your station to notify motorists to tune to the frequency to become informed.

Go to Flashing ALERT Signs webpage.

Produce a Professional Program

How much better can you hold your listeners' attention when your messages are recorded professionally? This affordable service brings a professional sound to your station's standard messages and is free to AAIRO members.

Go to Recording Services webpage.

Go Wireless/Expand Coverage

Add more stations to cover more area. "Repeater" stations may be added to broadcast in areas where you are not now broadcasting. The new Wireless Audio Link system links the audio to new AM transmitter locations without requiring the expense of leased telephone lines.

If your station currently depends on vulnerable /expensive telephone lines to link audio, consider a wireless upgrade.

Go to GPS Frequency Stabilization webpage.

Take a Station "to Go"

RadioSTAT is a new portable information station that cities, counties and state emergency offices may take to places where broadcasts need to be heard. Used in conjunction with quick-erect signs for emergencies, affordable RadioSTAT stations can broadcast instructions for health crises (e.g., mass inoculation), evacuations, hazmat, road construction, public events, etc.

Go to the RadioSTAT webpage.

Keep a Component Spares Kit "at the Ready"

Have spare components "at the ready" in case they are needed. The Component Spares Kit typically includes one each: transmitter, antenna, RF arrestor, telephone line arrestor, power surge arrestor and wattmeter. The kit may be customized to match your precise equipment package and your desired spares quantity.

Request an Estimate

Email Bill Baker and indicate the upgrades that interest you.

Legacy Information Station operators who do not currently run ISS ALERT AM Systems may need to modify/replace cabinets, system wiring and other details in order to take advantage of certain upgrades.

GO TO THE oPERATOR'S ZONE wEBPAGE