Sunair Electronics and FlexRadio working together

Sunair Electronics, announced in November that it has finalized an agreement with FlexRadio Systems to purchase certain customized state-of-the-art software defined high frequency radios (SDR) and accessory items for sale to Sunair's government and military customers.

A software defined radio is a major departure from traditional designs where all radio frequency functions and processing are accomplished with hardware. In an SDR, many of the processes are accomplished with high speed digital processors allowing for much simpler hardware designs and allowing for extreme flexibility with respect for filtering and user specified functionality.

HF radios operate in the frequency range of 2-30 MHz and are designed for long range global communications circuits. Sunair President Mark Allen said, "FlexRadio has been refining their design for more than four years. FlexRadio has combined extremely innovative software and graphical
interfaces with RF hardware to produce a product which is truly state of the art when it comes to high frequency (HF) radio. This product will help our customers with their critical national security communications requirements."

Gerald Youngblood, President of FlexRadio, said, "SDRs
represent the most significant change in communications technology in well over half a century, allowing flexibility and performance not practical with traditional analog approaches. We look forward to a long and productive relationship with Sunair."

Source: The American Radio Relay League