Australian Grand Prix awards MOTOTRBO contract to The P.A. People

The P.A. People, a specialist integrator and contractor in sound reinforcement, audio visual systems, performance lighting and production communications, celebrates six years of providing the audio system for the 2016 Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne, however, for the first time at the Grand Prix, in 2016, a second contract was awarded to deliver the radio communications network.

This contract entailed the provision of two MOTOTRBO IP Site Connect sites and more than 500 Motorola Solutions’ two-way radios with 12 channels.

Two-way radios provide critical communications for the duration of the event. For example, medical
teams who provide immediate medical support on the track all carry radios. Radios are also deployed
to security staff, engineers, fire fighters, race control, cleaning staff as well as the recover and
rescue crew, who are on hand to remove damaged cars or debris from the track.

Prior to the race during set-up, two-way radios at the 2016 Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix
operate on Motorola Solutions’ IP Site Connect (Orion network) with the benefit of city-wide coverage. During race week they cut over to Motorola Solutions’ radio system (the “event radio system”). Changing over to the event radio system enables a tactical network as the network is dedicated to event users. As a result the network can be more responsive and all radios can key up very quickly – critical for such a big event.

A combination of MOTOTRBO portable and mobile radios are deployed to Grand Prix staff: engineers,
race control, sector marshalls, medical staff, recovery and rescue crews, cleaners and fire fighters.

MOTOTRBO was selected for the 2016 Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix for a number of
reasons:

• Call clarity and radio quality
• Battery life
• Dedicated channels
• Security
• Rugged design
• Transmit interrupt functionality
• Software Radio Management application
• Flexible solutions: .

“The MOTOTRBO radios are rugged and reliable,” says track manager Campbell Waller. “We’ve
been using these radios all around the world. We first purchased a lot of these radios in 2006, and
they are still going today, which is a testament to their quality.”

Motorola Solutions’ equipment also impressed Craig Moca, manager, engineering, at Australian
Grand Prix Corporation, particularly the battery life of the MOTORBO radios. “The big issue in
digital radio before was battery life, but these batteries have been lasting a day and a half,
which is fantastic, as is the ease of using the handsets,” adds Moca.