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Phase 2 kits were sent to all Phase 2 sites and all Pha se 2 sites are completing install and the associated training. Chattanooga Air Traffic Control Tower EFSTS install is being coordinated by TSLE outside of the TFDM PMO. Currently dates for install and onsite training are tentative for July 10th for 10 day s. FIDI There is nothing to update at this time. NAS VOI CE SWITCH (NVS) Jon Shedden (ZFW) represents the NATCA membership as their Article 114 Representative to the NVS project. His report is below. NAS Voice System (NVS) Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) Dry Run ended June 23rd. Harris will now enter formal FAT. Harris must complete this portion of testing successful before the FAA will buy of the configuration. Chris Lloyd (ZDC) and Mr. Shedden reviewed the 90 percent Operator, Supervisor, and Sys tem Configuration manuals. There were many comments and meetings are being scheduled to go over them. Mr. Shedden will be in Seattle the week of June 26th for development of the Operational Test (OT) scenarios with Seattle ARTCC. Mr. Shedden will be in Se attle again the week of July 17th for Key Site survey with the Seattle TRACON. Mr. Shedden will be in Anchorage the week of July 24th to finalize the NVS requirements with Alaska Flight Service. Bill Straube will be in attendance representing NATCA AFSS. 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 radios 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 radio communications. This issue has cropped up twice now during deployment, and Mr. Shedden is working with the program office on an information briefing for selected facilities. NAS Voice Recorder Progra m (NVRP) is the replacement for existing NAS voice recorders (DALR, DALR2, 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. Key site for NVRP will be Seattle Center in the 2018 time frame. Grand Rapids Tower/TRACON (GRR) is reporting multiple issues with their aging voice switch. There's one out standing issue where a RADAR site is causing interference in the Tower Cab. That issue continues to be worked. There were a large number of tone incidences being reported at Potomac TRACON (PCT). This has also caused NATCA and the FAA to take a closer loo k at the headsets to determine if they provide adequate protection against these events. On May 17th, NATCA and the FAA collaborated on new guidance for how to handle tone incidences going forward. This new guidance will go into the 7210.3, and the FAA res cinded the