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ATEX Radio | Intrinsically Safe Two-Way Radios
ATEX Radio
Intrinsically safe two-way radios, certified for explosive atmospheres. Supplied, licensed, and matched to your site’s actual hazard zone.
If your site handles flammable gases, vapours, or combustible dust, a standard two-way radio is a liability the moment it crosses into that zone. ATEX-rated radios are tested and certified so that no spark, surface temperature, or electrical fault inside the unit — battery contacts, speaker mic, every connection point — can act as an ignition source.
Radios carry a zone rating: Zone 1 or Zone 2 for gas, Zone 21 or Zone 22 for dust, and a gas group rating from IIA through to IIC depending on how easily the atmosphere ignites. Get the rating wrong for your site and the certification is meaningless. We confirm your DSEAR hazardous area classification before recommending a unit, not after.
Also standard across mining, fuel storage and distribution, grain and flour milling, paint spraying, and airport fuel-handling areas — anywhere a DSEAR risk assessment flags a hazardous zone that staff carry radios into.
The compact option — a lighter, slimmer intrinsically safe DMR handheld built around a 1.47-inch display, 2W transmit power, and a 2150 mAh battery rated for a full 24-hour shift with GNSS off. Designed for workers who need the radio on a belt all day without the bulk.
The full-keypad option, with a larger 2.4-inch display for direct number entry and at-a-glance status. Same intrinsically safe circuit, same 2W transmit power and 24-hour battery life as the HP715Ex, in a form factor suited to control-room style operation or workers who need to dial directly rather than navigate menus.
| Rating | What it means |
|---|---|
| IIA | Lowest hazard gas group — covers gases such as propane. |
| IIB | Mid hazard gas group — covers gases such as ethylene. |
| IIC | Highest hazard gas group — covers acetylene and hydrogen. An IIC-rated radio is also certified safe for IIA and IIB environments. |
| Zone 1 / 21 | Explosive atmosphere likely to occur in normal operation (gas / dust). |
| Zone 2 / 22 | Explosive atmosphere unlikely, and if it occurs, only briefly (gas / dust). |
| T4 (135°C) | Maximum surface temperature class — the radio’s casing cannot exceed this even under fault conditions. |
Both the HP715Ex and HP795Ex are available in IIA and IIC gas group variants, certified to Ex ib I Mb (mining), Ex ib IIC T4 Gb and Ex ib IIIC T120°C Db under IECEx and ATEX, plus US and Canadian Class I / Zone 1 equivalents — so the same hardware covers a UK site and an international one without a different SKU.
Intrinsically safe Hytera handhelds, rated for the zone and gas group your site actually has — confirmed against your DSEAR assessment, not assumed from the industry you’re in. Full Ofcom licensing handled alongside the hardware, so you’re not left with a certified radio and no spectrum to run it on. Fleet management and accessories — batteries, chargers, earpieces, PTT units — all matched to the same ATEX rating, since a non-rated accessory can invalidate the whole unit’s certification.
Most dealers sell ATEX radios as a product line. We assess the site first. Our background in IEC 62443 wireless conduit assessments means we’re looking at the same hazardous environment from a safety and a security angle at once — useful if your site also has process control systems nearby that the radio network could interact with.
The radio has been tested and approved under the EU ATEX directive, retained in UK law as DSEAR, confirming nothing inside it — circuit, battery, contacts — can ignite an explosive atmosphere.
IIA covers lower-hazard gases like propane; IIC covers the highest-hazard gases like acetylene and hydrogen, and also covers everything IIA and IIB do.
It depends on your site’s DSEAR classification. Zone 1 is for atmospheres likely in normal operation; Zone 2 for atmospheres only likely briefly or abnormally. We confirm this before recommending equipment.