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Furthermore, it should be highlighted that the PERAD is designed as the communication mean within the Tytan system which will have its own power supply for all system components. Thus the PERAD plugged into the Tytan will be smaller and lighter by a battery pack not losing anything in terms of its capabilities. The radio is drop resistant and resistant to immersion in water with a depth up to 2 meters, and able to provide operations both in low (-33°C), and high (+55°C) temperatures. Pictured PERAD is rather not a final version – all the time its construction is being "refined". In FRAG OUT! team's opinion, connection sockets should be moved from the lower part of its housing to the upper – it would decrease a size of the whole device and would make handling easier. This, in turn, would impose moving a cut-out switch to the side wall and just such its positioning would be advantageous. The cut-out switch itself, equipped with the smart protection against self-switching, may be reduced in terms of its size – now it is a little bit too big, and with a little bit smaller it would be still easy to operate. Today the PERAD has a flexible antenna, but it is a subject of ongoing works to develop a flat, flexible antenna fixed to the equipment. Perhaps for the Tytan would be developed another antenna, e.g. integrated with the system media – time will tell. It would be great to think ahead about a dedicated slipcover for the PERAD and about a choice of the appropriate headset – the latter is rather on the side of a prospective disposer, but still is very important. in conclusion – the PERAD is a very interesting proposition of the personal radio with huge capabilities, and is user-friendly. It is yet not a perfect device, but its improvement is rather a formal issue since it relates only to mechanical sphere (a housing, positions of the sockets) and the ergonomic one (a position and a size of switches). Technical parameters of the Personal Radio PERAD FREqUENCy RANGE; UHF, L RF POWER OUTPUT; 1W AVERAGE / 10W PEAk SENSITIVITy; < -100 dBm @ BER < 10E-6 MODULATION TyPE – WAVEFORM; HDR COFDM WAVEFORM, BANDWIDTH OF 1.2 mHz, SDR RADIO BANDWIDTH; UP TO 1 mBit/s COVERAGE; 4km (DEPENDING ON THE LANDSCAPE FEATURES) GPS; A BUILT-IN GPs RECEIVER WITH AN ANTENNA INTERFACES; HEADSET, ETHERNET 10/100BASE-T, USB, BLUETOOTH OPERATING TIME ON THE BATTERy; UP TO 50H WITH THE EXTERNAL BATTERy 55WH, UP TO 5H WITH THE INTERNAL BATTERy DIMENSIONS; 180MM X 79MM X 35MM [HXWXT] WEIGHT; < 1.05 kG WITH THE INTERNAL BATTERy OPERATING TEMPERATURE; -33°C TO +55°C STORAGE TEMPERATURE; -51°C TO +71°C WATER-RESISTANT; UP TO 2 METERS www.fragoutmag.com

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