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June 19, 2023 37 mins

Listen in as your host Just Nate chats with a great new friend, Rod Goossen

The core of the RoGO solution is our proprietary DropBlock technology. With DropBlock you can:

  • GPS track human and non-human First Responder assets working in remote, cellular-denied areas from the RoGO web portal. Now, Incident Command can know where First Responders are and who is in possible danger. This feature of marking & tracking wildfire resources satisfies the requirements of the John Dingell Act, or DART (Dingell Act Resource Tracking), for broadcasting GPS locations of Firefighters and Fire Equipment working a wildfire Incident.
  • Wind speed/wind direction and other IoT sensor data can be transmitted back to Incident Command from remote areas that do not have cellular coverage by DropBlock for greater scene situational awareness.  This is possible through the DropBlock’s affordable satellite connection. 
  • The DropBlock is a small, lightweight portable ruggedized device that is powered off AA batteries, available from any radio cache. DropBlocks can also be powered by USB or used off-grid indefinitely with our solar panel & battery back-up solution.

RoGO’s capability to run ATAK with a full IP connection means that Border Patrol team can coordinate and align their tactical efforts even in remote areas and over long distances.

Search & Rescue teams can save precious time by utilizing full IP versions of SARTopo/CalTopo with robust data connectivity in isolated areas.

Quick fingerprint verification with RoGO data technology means that immigrants in Border Patrol custody with outstanding warrants can be identified and appropriate action taken.

Lightweight, rugged and compact, RoGO satcom devices can run ATAK platforms from the hood of an ATV. 


To learn more about RoGO Communications, check them out here: https://rogocom.com/https://rogocom.com/

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