RELM's APCO Project 25 Digital Portable Radio Recommended for Fire Use by Bureau of Land Management

RELM's APCO Project 25 Digital Portable Radio Recommended for Fire Use by Bureau of Land Management

WEST MELBOURNE, Fla., Aug. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- RELM Wireless Corporation (BULLETIN BOARD: RELM) today announced that after recently completing its testing, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has recommended RELM's APCO Project 25 digital portable radio, the DPHX, for fire use. The DPHX has also been fire-certified by the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC). The DPHX has passed rigorous testing by both agencies for durability under extreme fire conditions. The BLM fire recommendation opens the door for its agencies to purchase RELM's BK Radio-brand DPHX for fire applications. The DPHX is compliant with the APCO Project 25 standard for digital public safety radio equipment.

RELM President and CEO Dave Storey stated, "Providing rugged and reliable communications for critical fire and emergency situations has been the hallmark of our BK Radio brand. For more than 20 years, our products have distinguished themselves with agencies such as the U.S. Forest Service, setting the standard with firefighters nationwide. In addition to its rugged reliability, the DPHX offers key functional advantages including lower power drain, which lengthens the battery usage cycle, plus exceptional audio clarity and ease of use. Combined with its affordability, we believe these advantages yield the best value in APCO Project 25 products available today."

About RELM

For nearly six decades, RELM Wireless Corp. has manufactured and marketed high-specification two-way communications equipment for use by public safety professionals and government agencies, as well as radios for use in a wide range of commercial and industrial applications, including disaster recovery. Revolutionary advances include new low-cost digital portable two-way radios compliant with APCO Project 25 technical specifications. Products are manufactured and distributed worldwide under the BK Radio, RELM/BK and RELM brand names. The company maintains its headquarters in West Melbourne, Florida and can be contacted through its web site at www.relm.com or directly at 1-800-821-2900.

This press release contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act Of 1995. These forward-looking statements concern the Company's operations, economic performance and financial condition and are based largely on the Company's beliefs and expectations. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company, or industry results, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors and risks include, among others, the following: reliance on contract manufacturers; heavy reliance on sales to the U.S. Government; federal, state and local budget deficits and spending limitations; limitations in available radio spectrum for use by land mobile radios; general economic and business conditions; changes in customer preferences; competition; changes in technology; changes in business strategy; the debt and inventory levels of the Company; quality of management, business abilities and judgment of the Company's personnel; and the availability, terms and deployment of capital. Certain of these factors and risks, as well as other risks and uncertainties are stated in more detail in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004 and in the Company's subsequent filings with the SEC. These forward- looking statements are made as of the date of this press release, and the Company assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements or to update the reasons why actual results could differ from those projected in the forward-looking statements.

Source: RELM Wireless Corporation

CONTACT: David Storey, Pres. & CEO, RELM Wireless Corporation,
+1-321-984-1414

Web site: http://www.relm.com/

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