Barrett HF communications to support wildlife management in Tanzania
Barrett Communications have recently been awarded a contract to supply the Tanzania Wildlife Management Authority (TAWA) with HF radio communications for their national parks and conservation areas. The TAWA manages 169,553km2 comprising of game reserves, game controlled areas and open areas across Tanzania. The multiphase project was funded by USAID and included the Barrett 2050 HF base stations and Barrett 2090 HF portable manpacks.
The HF system design includes both base station and portable manpacks to enable the Park Rangers to go out for weeks at a time, into extremely isolated locations within the park, but remain in constant communications with the office locations.
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