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JPS Communications, Inc.
5800 Departure Drive
Raleigh, NC 27616
(919) 790-1011
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JPS Communications introduces new features of its Signal-and-Noise Voter

Raytheon Company�s JPS Communications, a leader in voter technology, has announced product improvements that further enhance the flexibility and value of its SNV-12 Signal-and-Noise Voter.  The SNV-12�s new, software-enabled features include a variable Vote Lock onset delay timer and the ability to reduce the pilot tone detection sensitivity. With its new features, the Signal-and-Noise Voter chassis now costs $3,995 and site voter modules are $695.  The new prices took effect in January 2006. 

A voter is a communication device that assures high quality radio signal transmission, rebroadcast and reception across its network. The SNV-12 uses individual digital signal processors to continuously select the receiver with the best signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) from multiple sources. The SNV-12 then provides the best SNR, or �voted,� output to a dispatcher and/or to a repeater for rebroadcast across its network so that all users can hear the best signal, each time they communicate.

The SNV-12�s Vote Lock onset delay timer assists customers who use wireless and other Internet Protocol based networks to link voting receiver audio with the SNV-12. The timer restrains the lock until the network sites have �unsquelched� their communication devices and, in this way, allows all participants to join in the voting decision. SNV-12�s new pilot tone detection sensitivity reduction capability minimizes �false squelching� due to environmental noise, yet maintains the unit�s ability to detect valid pilot tones.

JPS has also introduced a new CIM-2A module that replaces the current CIM-2.  The CIM-2A provides a pair of valuable new features.  First, its internal speaker allows users to monitor either the voted receive audio, or a mix of voted receive and transmit audio. Secondly, the CIM-2A allows the voted receive audio to be mixed (at a selectable relative volume) with the dispatcher�s transmit audio. This enables a dispatcher to break into an ongoing field transmission without completely muting that transmission.

�We continue to deliver product improvements and enhancements that respond to customer need,� said Michael Cox, vice president of engineering. �The SNV-12�s new hardware and software improve current voting capabilities and support future enhancements, as the voter market advances.�

For more information, please contact JPS Sales at (919) 790-1011; e-mail sales@jps.com or visit our website at www.JPS.com.