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January 21, 2011: The U.S. is distributing several thousand new Harris RF-310M handheld radios. While not a battlefield smart phone, the 1.23 kg (2.7 pound), 5 watt radio has a range of up to ten kilometers and is multimode (FM, AM, PSK, CPM, FSK). The radio has a numeric keypad and a small display. The radio is waterproof, has a rechargeable lithium battery, a speaker and GPS. Most importantly, it can handle high-grade encryption and can be programmed to communicate with a wide variety of frequencies and different national radio systems. With the proper access codes, the RF-310M can talk to any NATO ally, the Afghan military and police and civilian organizations. Thus the main purpose of the RF-310M is to increase the ability for many different groups to talk to each other.

 

 

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gf0012-aust       1/21/2011 5:36:16 AM

The US could have had this capability earlier (2 years ago) and with far more flexibility if Gates hadn't screwed with JITRS and the ROIP programs.

This is like getting excited at being able to buy a brand new 2008 cadillac - albeit in 2011
 
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heraldabc       1/21/2011 5:56:36 AM
if Gates hadn't screwed with JITRS and the ROIP programs.
 
Gates is an idiot.
 
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Mike From Brielle    I'm sure ....   1/21/2011 9:46:52 AM
theres a very interesting back story to both of your comments (care to elaborate?) but I don't see what the fuss is all about.  This is a very vanilla but serviceable radio and is probably intended to act as a stopgap and to serve interoperability between allies in theater.  There were no LPI/LPD waveforms mentioned and from the available literature there are none available for the RF-310M.  This is not the radio one necessarily wants if the North Koreans are bearing down on them.
 
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