Celebrating 40 years in business together

It is with great pleasure and pride for Bassett Communications to announce, recognize, and celebrate 40 years of being the Factory Representative for Kenwood Land Mobile Radios. It has been our honor and privilege to be associated with Kenwood in the marketing and selling of the best radio product in the industry for four decades.

In February 1983, Bill and Craig Bassett met in the City of Compton at Trio-Kenwood with Marketing Manager Carl Gates, LMR Sales Manager Bob Vincent and Amateur Sales Manager Tom Wineland to interview for Representation and begin what is now a forty-year partnership.

From the first crystal-controlled TK-100, 200, 300 portables and TK-601, 701, 801 mobiles to today’s microprocessor chip, multi-band, multi-protocol analog/digital NX-5000 Series the Mission has always been to deliver the best Product and Service to our Dealers and Customers.

Along the way, in 2015 Bassett Communications was able to add EF Johnson Technologies Inc. as a JVCKenwood Company Product Line for Representation when the two Companies combined forces to serve the Government, P25, and Enterprise Markets.

We thank and salute all of the individuals over the 40 years at Kenwood for the integrity, professionalism, and hard work to put Kenwood as a premier manufacturer in the LMR Industry. The journey is not over, we are just getting started.

VIAVI Solutions, Inc.

Bassett Communications is excited to announce that we are now representing VIAVI Communications Test Equipment!

VIAVI Solutions, Inc. provides industry-leading radio test equipment to validate all land mobile radio technologies utilized worldwide, including AM, FM, P25 Phase 1 and 2, TETRA, DMR, NXDN™, dPMR, and PTC. Their versatile and efficient LMR product lineup also incorporates the industry’s largest library of OEM approved automated test and alignment applications, spanning multiple radio families. MORE

Did you know?
In March 2018, VIAVI acquired the Cobham AvComm and Wireless test and measurement business units. These units were previously part of Aeroflex and continued to use the Aeroflex name and logo under Cobham. VIAVI continued to use the Aeroflex name and brand mark as well, until March 2020, at which time all acquired business units will simply be known by VIAVI only. LEARN MORE

County of Santa Barbara Chooses ATLAS® P25 from EFJohnson for Its Next Gen Public Safety Radio System

IRVING, Texas, Aug. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/

EF Johnson Technologies, a leading solution provider for Public Safety Mission-Critical communications technology, announced today that it has been awarded a $28 million contract by the County of Santa Barbara, California, to replace its existing radio communications system. The County's existing public safety radio system was at end-of-life and utilized technology that had become obsolete. EFJohnson will provide the County with a modern KENWOOD ATLAS P25 Trunked and Conventional Simulcast System Solution featuring a fully distributed architecture for outstanding reliability, resiliency, and scalability. The solution will be further bolstered by the KENWOOD Viking P25 subscriber radio solution for County first responders and other radio users.

The ATLAS P25 Trunked Simulcast Solution provides Santa Barbara County with the most modern and flexible communications solution in the industry, known for its disaster resiliency and self-healing capabilities. The system utilizes EFJohnson's unique and patented Latitude technology based on a fully distributed architecture, making the system resilient to one or multiple failures across a wide-area network. The Latitude technology also eliminates the need for expensive central controllers or master sites, enabling users to deploy a more efficient multi-site simulcast system allowing for seamless expansion as needs and budgets change.

"We are proud to partner with the County of Santa Barbara to provide its public safety agencies a robust and scalable radio system that will meet the County's current and future communication needs," said Duane Anderson, president and CEO of EFJohnson. "We are confident that our ATLAS P25 system solution will allow seamless communication between County departments and partner agencies and enable emergency responders to perform their mission-critical duties successfully." 

The new public safety grade radio system will provide unified communications to agencies across the county to include law enforcement, fire departments, public works, parks departments along with many other County agencies. The KENWOOD Viking radio solution includes multi-band and multi-mode products that help provide seamless interoperability to first responders in their daily operations.

Congratulations to Sean Melia

It is with great honor and pleasure to announce that Sean Melia has been promoted to Vice President of Sales for Bassett Communications, Inc. Sean joined the Company nine years ago after outstanding years at Kenwood Systems and earlier with Telex. At Bassett Communications Sean has been responsible for sales of all our Principals product lines serving accounts in S Nevada and S California.

Sean has been an incredible member of our Sales Team and brings extensive experience in Sales, Customer Service, Customer Solutions and Customer Satisfaction. His energy, experience, enthusiasm and dedication to his professionalism is recognized and appreciated by all who work with him.

Please join me in congratulating Sean on his well-deserved promotion. We are excited about his new role with the Company.

 Thank you,

 Craig E Bassett

NEW PRODUCT NEWS - QD-7008 from FOURTEN radio-ENGINEERING

Bassett Communications is now representing Fourten Radio-Engineering.

Fourten Engineering offers innovative, high quality, mission critical products for public safety professionals and private enterprise. The experts at Fourten provide world-class customer service, produce products that enhance the safety, convenience and productivity of working professionals around the world.

Their QD-7008 Self Contained PC Programmable Keypad Expansion Unit for the Kenwood Viking VM-5000, 6000 and 7000 series mobile radio as well as the Kenwood NX-5000 series mobile radios is designed for public safety use, the QD-7008 is a easy to use quick access keypad expansion unit that allows a user to switch to any deck/zone/channel in the mobile radio with the press of one button. The QD-7008 can be programmed for single key channel access or single key access to other mobile radio functions, such as Scan, PA or Accessory Control.

Contact your Bassett Comm RSM or our Office for more information or to schedule a Demo.

NEW PRODUCT NEWS - LOCKDOWN TRACK

Bassett Communications is now representing LockDown. LockDown Track is a cloud based equipment and operations accountability tracking software designed to help streamline your business's most important assets, while optimizing workflow. Clients count on Lockdown to ensure the valuable assets like two way radios, cellular phones, computers, tools, firearms and much more are always accounted for. Lockdown has out of the box packages as well as complete software designs to meet the needs of almost any industry.

Contact your Bassett Comm RSM or our Office for more information or to schedule a Demo.

Important Announcement - Arizona

Dear Bassett Communications Arizona Customer,

We hope this note finds you safe and well during this difficult time. The Year 2020 will go down as one that changed our world and how we all do business.

If there is one certainty we experience and live with it is the fact that change in inevitable. That fact is the reason for reaching out to you today to inform you about a change in our Company and the commitment we have to serving your requirements.

For the last two years Bassett Communications has had Mark Jordan as our resident salesperson for the State of Arizona. He has been an extraordinary Representative for us and been an unfaltering foundation for providing great service, expertise and follow-through to all of our Customers. Mark has been offered and accepted a great opportunity with another Company that aligns with his desire for personal challenge and growth. We thank him for his professionalism and everything he has done. We are sorry to lose him as part of our Team and wish him all the best for his future.

We are pleased and excited to announce our new salesperson for Arizona, Steve Leach. Steve will start working for us on November 2, 2020. Steve is a great addition to our Team and is a resident in Mesa that has lived in Arizona for many years. In fact, as an indication and testament to continuing the superb service Mark provided; Mark introduced us and endorsed Steve as he has known and worked with him for many years. Steve has been a Dealer, Sales Manager for a Communications Shop, Manufacturer’s Representative, and the Technical Channel Manager for a Radio Manufacturer. His experience makes him extremely well suited to serve our Customers.

Thank you for your business and working with Bassett Communications for your Wireless requirements. We are here to serve you and look forward to a great future.

Best regards and Stay Safe,

Craig

Craig Bassett

Bassett Communications

Covid19 Update

The Bassett Communications’ office is OPEN but operating with a reduced staff in response to the California Governor’s request for all but those involved with essential services to shelter at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our top priority is for our employees, partners, colleagues and their families to be healthy and safe. Please continue to call our office, RSM or send us your request via info@bassettcom.com

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