On the campus of the National Railroad Museum® in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Bob Lettenberger and his colleagues stay in touch with each other using two-way radios. The staff has relied on BAYCOM-provided radios for at least the last 20 years, since Lettenberger joined the organization as Director of Education. “Over the years, we’ve done what
A half-hour north of Milwaukee, in the Mequon-Thiensville School District, two-way radios play an important role in helping to keep students, teachers and staff safe. On any given day, more than 200 radios are put into service across the district’s six schools, and Director of Buildings and Grounds Kyle Thompson says the radios are proving
As a follow up to a story we told you about in July, BAYCOM’s Jon Winker, an Army veteran who lost his left leg below the knee during a tour in Iraq, just completed his first race in the BAYCOM-sponsored Resilience Racing car. The Resilience Racing team made its debut at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway
As we celebrate the men and women who have served our country, we’re also proud to share that we provide two-way radios and accessories to the Stars and Stripes Honor Flight, based here in Wisconsin. Stars and Stripes is part of the national Honor Flight Network, a non-profit organization dedicated to ensuring our veterans feel
When the world’s attention is focused on Milwaukee during the Democratic National Convention next summer, businesses like yours will have a remarkable opportunity to shine. BAYCOM is ready to help you make a great impression. “We’re already in the planning stages with many of our customers who know they’ll need to enhance their communications and
Need help obtaining critically needed equipment to protect and serve the public? Millions of dollars in grant money is available through FEMA’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) program. Since 2001, AFG has helped firefighters and other first responders obtain critically needed equipment, protective gear, emergency vehicles, training and other resources necessary for protecting the public and emergency personnel from fire and
Our partners at Motorola Solutions have introduced a new two-way radio that we know will meet the needs of many of our customers: Push-to-talk capability that runs on a cellular network. “This is going to be a good fit for customers that have multiple, geographically dispersed locations and need a simple, cost-effective communications solution,” said
At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway July 13th and 14th, those of us at BAYCOM and our parent company, OwnersEdge, celebrated a ‘first’. We’re sponsoring a ChampCar Endurance Series® car this year and in its debut race, our six-driver team went 137 laps over 20 hours (10 hours Saturday and 10 hours Sunday) and finished 8th on Saturday
With parades, festivals, races and concerts happening nearly every weekend during the summer, we’re in the midst of a very busy rental season for two-way radios. Renting is an affordable, hassle-free way for event organizers, their staffs and volunteers to communicate with each other quickly and reliably. One of the radio features that’s gaining in
In the years since the 9/11 attack on the World Trade center, public safety organizations across the country have been compelled to address an issue that became crystal clear that day: Communication systems have inherent limitations. The World Trade Center featured communication towers on the roofs, making it difficult for emergency vehicles pulled close to
