3 Major Advantages of Digital Two-Way Radios

Radio devices have changed over the years, and new technologies make these devices more affordable and functional. Over the years, these devices have become lightweight, smaller, and loaded with features. Until the past few years, the digital 2-way radio system was not common in firms/manufacturing units, but that is changing right now. Every device one could find in households, offices, and factories are becoming digital, and radio systems are the last ones to become digital. 

As everything is changing into digital form, these radio systems have also evolved and improved in terms of ease of use and features. There are a lot of advantages to using two-way radio in your organisation.

Better Operational Ability

Today’s modern two-way radios are way more efficient than the older analog versions. These radio systems have various features that enable great visibility into operations.

For example, digital radios have robust operational features like GPS tracking, ticket management, WiFi, and many more.

It also has sophisticated calling features which analog radios lack. This feature is known as push-to-talk, one-to-many, and scanning—limited only by the features of the specific device one owns or the network that connects you to others.

Better Safety Features

Safety is the priority of many organisations. And features such as Lone Worker and Man Down help a lot when there’s an emergency.

The Lone Worker is a feature that measures movements (inactivity) and sets off an alarm when there’s no response. And Man Down will alert the authorities when the radio is tilted or is at a different angle (indicating falling), triggering a warning followed by the alarm.

Many digital radios have an emergency button to alert others by an alarm. These features are very useful in construction sites and manufacturing firms. Any staff at any time can face danger in workplaces; hence, one should always be ready with digital radio.

Better in Comparison with Analog radios

The clarity in voice messages: The digital signals in these radios stay at their full strength until the users reach the maximum distance. Only when the distance between two digital radios exceeds the minimum requirement, the voice may break, or they may get disconnected. Unlike analog radios, digital ones are always of high network strength.

More battery life: Usually, the battery life of digital radios is 40/% longer than the battery life of analog systems. It is possible because, in a digital system, the transmitter is not always on.

Competitive pricing: Since the last couple of years, the demand for digital radios has increased multifold. And as a result, the prices have gone down.

Spectral efficiency: The digital 2-way radio system also possesses spectral efficiency (information rate that can be transmitted over a given bandwidth), and that’s because of the over-crowing in frequencies. Hence, buying a digital one will be helpful for your staff, as no other frequency will interfere with theirs.

These are the advantages of having a two-way digital radio in your workplace. The advantages of these digital radio systems are well welcomed by many industries and are used in most workplaces.

It is time to bring these digital radios for your staff who work under stressful and dangerous conditions. These features will also help in solving legal issues involving workplace hazards/accidents. The employees can also use the new digital radio features to present proof in claims (if it can store/record data).