Radius provide wireless PDR121 data radios to Duquesne Light Electrical Distributors to improve service to remote communities.

Duquesne Light has for more than 125 years been a leader in the transmission and distribution of electric energy, offering superior customer service and reliability to more than half a million customers in southwestern Pennsylvania

As part of their continued program of improvements Duquesne Light has started rolling out a large scale distribution automation project, to allow them to bring remote control to a large number of high voltage pole mounted electrical equipment. To ensure the reliability of this project Duquesne Light has ordered Radius PDR 121 VHF data radios for their remote communications.

The PDR121 data radio is able to cover large and difficult terrain, since each device is able to retransmit data messages on to sites where communication was previously impossible. Via the PDR121 data radio, Duquesne is able to directly control sectionalizers, reclosers and load break switches via a DNP3.0 protocol to Schweitzer, SEL and Cooper controls.