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FLEET TALK MOBILE SATELLITE TELEPHONE FROM WESTINGHOUSE

Fleet Talk is a mobile satellite telephone that provides voice, fax, and data coverage wherever you travel. From within satellite coverage, you can make or receive calls worldwide. Satellites cover virtually all of North America, Central America, the northern tip of South America, Hawaii, and the entire Caribbean. You can dial or be dialed directly and, through digital technology, all calls are totally private. With a laptop, you can use e-mail or surf the net. Shipments can be located, monitored and rerouted if necessary while you are on the road. Easily installed in almost any vehicle, Fleet Talk comes with all mounting hardware and cabling. Also standard are numerous features for security, restrictions and ease of operation, all programmable through a handset. Interfaces are provided for facsimile, packet data, and GPS equipment, and a push-to-talk handset. Fleet Talk models include both a mast and a dome medium gain antenna system, and a high gain dome antenna system called Fleet Talk PLUS.

Main Features:

  • A multifunctional illuminated handset
  • Hands-free operation
  • 100 Alphanumeric telephone number memory
  • Automatic answering
  • Electronic locking
  • Call-in absence indicator
  • Programmable call restrictions by password
  • Incoming call alarm
  • Unattended operation for facsimile or data message equipmen
  • Built-in PC and GPS location interfaces

Optional Features:

  • Push-to-talk (push-button) handset for voice dispatch
  • Software for packet-data transmission
  • Facsimile interface
  • Dual-mode satellite/cellular operation
  • Expanded telephony allowing the direct connection of a cordless telephone as an extension
  • SpaceCom Vehicular 2-Axis Antennae designed specifically for this device

 

Technical Specifications:
Communications Mode

Voice

  • Full duplex digital voice, half duplex digital voice - dispatch, Cellular analog voice (option)

Data

  • 2400/4800 bps

Fax

  • PC or Group III facsimile
System Specs

Transmit frequencies

  • 1626.5 - 1660.5 MHz

Receive frequencies

  • 1525.0 - 1559.0 MHz

G/T Fleet Talk

  • -16 dB/K from 15 to 70 degrees elevation, mast ant.
  • -16 dB/K from 15 to 60 degrees elevation, dome ant.
  • (Fleet Talk PLUS) -13.5 dB/K from 25 to 60 degrees elevation, dome ant.

EIRP

  • 12.5 - 16.5 dBW

Polarization

  • Right -hand circular (RHCP)

Channel spacing

  • 6 kHz
Interface Specs

Voice

  • RJ-45 supports satellite voice, dispatch radio & cellular;
  • RJ-11 touch-tone telephone and VHF radio interface (option),
  • Push-to-talk handset (option)

Data

  • DB-25, RS-232, Hayes compatible AT command set

Fax

  • External - DB-25, RS-232, Internal - RJ-11/FX-10 card (option); Tele. De Mexico

Power

  • 12 VDC nominal (11.5 - 15.6V range)
  • 2 A receive, 6.5 A transmit
Physical Specs

Antenna - Mast Size & Weight
Fleet Talk Cable

  • 0.8" Dia. X 37.0"H, 2.0 lbs
  • RF = 0.4 dia. pre-terminated with TNCconnectors
  • Length - 5.0 ft., 10ft. option
Antenna - Dome Size & Weight
Fleet Talk Cable
  • 10.4"L x 9.4"W x 6.5"H, 2.2 lbs
  • RF = 0.25" dia.,pre-terminated w/ TNC/SMA connectors Control/power = 0.25"dia. unterminated w/ pins attached
  • Length - 12.0 ft., 20.0 ft. option

Fleet TalkPLUS Cables

  • RF = 0.25" dia., or 0.4" dia. Pre-terminated With TNC/SMA connectors Control power = 0.25"dia. unterminated w/ pins attached
  • Length - 10.0 ft., 18.0 ft option

Antenna Electronics Unit

  • 9.0"L x 7.0"W x 2.5"H, 7.0 lbs.
Transceiver Size & Weight
  • 12.0"L x 7.0"W x 2.0"H, 7.3 lbs.
Handset Size & Weight
  • 7.8"L x 1.5"W x 1.5"H, 0.4 lbs.

Cellular Module (option)S & W

  • 8.0"L x 3.3"W x 1.0"H, 1.3 lbs
Dynamic Specs
Dome antenna turning rate
  • 70 degrees/sec, maximum
Dome antenna acceleration
  • 500 degrees/sec, maximum
Operating temperature
  • -22degrees F to +130 degrees F
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