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CODAN ALE RADIO OFFER
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SUBJ: CODAN ALE RADIO OFFER
1. I RECEIVED MY SECOND TRAINING SESSION AT CODAN US HEADQUARTERS IN
MANASSAS, VA, YESTERDAY. IT CLEARED UP A LOT OF MY OPERATIONAL
QUESTIONS AND MADE THE RADIO A LOT EASIER TO USE. IT'S HARD TO GET
USED TO CONTROLLING A RADIO WITH ONLY THE HANDSET.
2. CODAN HAS RADIOS ON HAND TO SHIP TO MARS MEMBERS WHO WANT TO TRY
THEM OUT. IF THEY LIKE THEM, THEY MAY BUY THEM AT A PRICE GREATLY
REDUCED FROM THE GSA 4900 DOLS PRICE TAG.  (ALTHOUGH NOT SET YET,
CODAN IS ANTICIPATING A FINAL PRICE IN THE 2500 TO 3000 DOLS RANGE.
COMMERCIAL MSRP IS ABOUT 5500 DOLS.)
3. IF A MEMBER TRIES A RADIO AND FINDS HE DOES NOT LIKE IT FOR ANY
REASON, HE/SHE WILL BE ABLE TO RETURN IT AND WILL BE CHARGED NOTHING.
4. IF YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE, PLEASE SEND ME AN E-MAIL (INFO YOUR
CHAIN OF COMMAND) AND PROVIDE ME WITH YOUR NAME, SHIPPING ADDRESS AND
CALL SIGN. I WILL CONSOLIDATE AND FORWARD THE LIST TO CODAN AND THEY
WILL TRY TO SHIP ALL RADIOS OUT AT ONE TIME. THIS OFFER IS ALSO BEING
MADE TO ARMY AND AIR FORCE MARS. THE RADIOS ARE JITC CERTIFIED TO
INTEROPERATE WITH ALL OTHER JITC CERTIFIED ALE RADIOS.
5. CODAN WILL BURN A CD WITH SOME TRAINING MODULES THEY USE IN A
CLASSROOM SETTING TO TRAIN PERSONS IN THE USE OF THE RADIO. THEY PLAN
ON SETTING UP A CONFERENCE CALL OR SOME OTHER MEANS FOR USERS TO ASK
QUESTIONS SO EVERYONE CAN LEARN FROM THE ANSWERS. I HAVE PROVIDED
THEM WITH THE NAVMARCORMARS AND ARMY MARS ALE FREQUENCIES WHICH WILL
BE PRE-PROGRAMMED INTO THE RADIOS PRIOR TO SHIPMENT. THEY WILL ALSO
PERSONALIZE THE RADIOS WITH THE MEMBERS ALE CALL SIGN. FOR SHARES
MEMBERS, WE CAN ADD THE SHARES ALE FREQUENCIES. THIS SHOULD MAKE THE
RADIOS FULLY FUNCTIONAL OUT OF THE BOX.
6. COUPLED WITH A BROADBAND, NO-TUNE ANTENNA, THE RADIO SHOULD BE
ABLE TO BE TURNED ON AND IMMEDIATELY START SCANNING AND CALLING IN
ALE. AT MY HOME LOCATION, 2 NAVMARCORMARS MEMBERS HAVE LINKED WITH ME
AND I HAVE LINKED WITH MY OFFICE AND TWO ARMY MARS STATIONS ON SHARES
FREQUENCIES.
7. THE RADIO HAS A SIMPLE COMPUTER CONTROL INTERFACE BUILT IN AND
CODAN DEMONSTRATED THIS DURING THE SECOND TRAINING SESSION. THE RADIO
ALSO HAS A COMBINATION SERIAL/AUDIO PORT SO THAT YOU COULD LINK,
SHIFT TO ANY OF THE MANY SOUND CARD MODES, SEND TRAFFIC, THEN BREAK
THE LINK UNDER COMPUTER CONTROL. THIS WOULD THEN ELIMINATE HAVING TO
PURCHASE A SEPARATE MODEM. CODAN HAS BEEN ASKED TO IMPLEMENT THE DTM
AND DBM DATA TRANSFER MODES. NO WORD ON WHETHER OR WHEN THEY WILL DO
THIS. I KEEP ASKING EVERY TIME I SEE THEM TO MAKE SURE THEY KNOW THAT
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT FEATURE FOR MARS.
8. NAVMARCORMARS: PROUDLY SERVING THOSE WHO SERVE.
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