Special mission airborne communications specialists Technisonic Industries Ltd. has announced its new All-Band analog module designed for the TDFM-9200 and 9300 series radios called the “T6” at the Airborne Public Safety Association’s annual APSCON convention.
The foundation for the upgrade was a recognition that the communication requirements of mission-based aircraft are continually expanding in both scope and capability. Technisonic looked at improving the band capability of its TDFM-9000 series radios, resulting in the new T6 variant. Critically, the module supports the bandwidths that until now were only available separately, “Low Band” inclusive of 30-50 MHz, VOR Voice 108-117.9MHz allowing for legacy communications across provisioned VOR navigation facilities, VHF-AM “Airband” 118-156MHz, as well as UHF-AM 225-400MHz. The T6 allows for both programming of channels via newly developed TDP software, or the operator can choose to program channels such as tower frequency, with the radio automatically defining the channel as simplex via the FREQ option. For support of more complex programming, such as Duplex channels, setting PL Tones, and channel names, the operator can choose the FPP option. The ability to scan and assign appropriate bandwidth spacing, 12.5KHz, 25KHz, and 8.33KHz, is fully supported by the T6.
Commenting on the announcement, Technisonic Director of Business Development Jim Huddock said, “The new T6 module represents a considerable jump in the communications spectrums now available in the TDFM -9200 and -9300 products; by offering all analog bands in one module, operators now will no longer need to balance FM vs analog needs. This addition makes the TDFM-9000 series easily the most scalable and capable on the market.”
