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Teri L. Bristol ATO Chief Operating Officer MEMBERSHIP AND MARKETING DEPARTMENT THE NATCA STORE ITEM OF THE WEEK: Short Sleeve Windshirt Features of this product : 100 percent water repellant, polyester with peached finish, short sleeve u nlined cross - crew neck. Fashion - striped kn it collar with two side pockets, open cuffs and ribbing on the waistband. Wind protection and ease of movement. Available sizes: S - 4XL. Made in USA. Price: $33. To see the item and how to order: Click here . Select USPS or UPS as your shipp ing preference on your orders. To check on stock availability or for further assistance, call 800 - 266 - 0895 or email natcastore@natcadc.org . SAFETY AND TECHNOLOGY DEP ARTMENT (Report for the week of Aug. 6 , 2018) NAS VOICE SWITCH (NVS) Jon Shedden (ZFW) represents the NATCA membership as their Article 114 Rep resentative to the NVS project. His report is below. The NAS Voice System (NVS) schedule has officially slipped. The FAA and Harris continue to work on a resolution. Next Generation Air - Ground Communication (NEXCOM) continues deployment of new CM300/350 V2 radios to terminal facilities across the country. Some terminal facilities in the NAS using very old r adios hear a pop back or "squelch tail" when they release their transmitters. The new radios being deployed under NEXCOM Segment 2 do not have this "feature" as the squelch tail is generally regarded as undesirable in radio communications. This issue has c ropped up twice now during deployment and the program office should brief future affected facilities prior to install. The NEXCOM program office has kicked off the Emergency Transceiver Replacement. This program is looking to replace aging tunable transce ivers at DEN, HNL, PCT, PHX, SCT, and SLC. The Technical Interchange Meeting (TIM) scheduled in Denver the week of A ug. 6 was postponed until later this year. NAS Voice Recorder Program (NVRP) is the replacement for existing NAS voice recorders (DALR, DA LR2, DVRS, DVR2). The Program Office presented to the JRC and received approval to proceed to Final Investment Analysis, leading up to the Final Investment Decision. NVRP Operational Capability Demonstrations were in Oklahoma City on July 10 - 11 .