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Alligator Communications is a radio manufacturer dedicated
solely to the production of Multiple Address System
(MAS) radios, certified by the FCC for use in Private
Operations - Fixed Microwave Systems. These commonly
include Electric, Gas, and Water Utilities; Petroleum
Production; Pipeline Operation; Railroad Signals and
Controls; and a large number of lesser-known industries.
Alligator Communications' founders, with more than forty
years combined experience in the manufacturing and marketing
of 900 MHz radio equipment, incorporated the company in 1991.
From its inception Alligator management insisted on a design
that was highly innovative and extremely responsive to user
requirements.
This forward-looking attitude of Alligator's management team
has served the industry well. Although significant technical
capabilities have been added to the products in response to
customer suggestions, the original basic design remains the
keystone of Alligator's product line. Another compliment to
Alligator's design ability is that most of Alligator's innovative
improvements are later incorporated into competitors products.
The Alligator product design team took customer need as it's
greatest priority. Customer input was compiled prior to commencing
the design of our radio products. The customer needs were
then incorporated to the design. Located in the heart of the
Silicon Valley, Alligator has access to the latest technology
and qualified technical personnel. As a result, Alligator
quickly became an industry leader in innovative RF, digital,
and software design. Other manufacturers continue to follow
in our footsteps in the design of product features.
Several years ago, Alligator was the first to offer frequency
agile master and remote radios with over-the-air adjustments.
This allows for complete remote diagnostics and control in
our multiple address radio networks. By simply loading Alligator's
diagnostic software onto any PC computer and connecting the
computer to a master station (by a direct connection, phone
line, or microwave link), every Alligator remote radio becomes
accessible for monitoring and adjusting via the radio's RF
path. An onboard microprocessor installed in every radio virtually
eliminates the task of setting jumpers, dipswitches, and trimpots.
With their latest innovation, Alligator takes MAS operating
and maintenance technology to the limit with the patented
design of "GatorTrac." This features a common time
base in the master/repeater radio to synchronize and align
all its internal modules as well as the associated remote
radios equipped with AGFC which constantly calibrate their
frequency using the master radio as a reference. This allows
the transmit signal from the master/repeater and the receive
bandpass filter envelope of all the remote radios to be in
perfect alignment and unaffected by individual frequency drift.
As a result, the system Bit Error Rate (BER) is always maintained
at an optimum level.
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