About AVM

Back to the beginning...
Established in Champaign, Illinois, in 1967, AVM Instrument is the world's oldest commercial designer and manufacturer of radiotelemetry receiving and transmitting equipment made specifically for use in wild animal research and management.

AVM's first client was Marlin Perkins, of Wild Kingdom fame, instrumenting a study of Andean Condors. We've come full circle since those days, as we now manufacture both the patagial transmitters and the tail mount transmitters for the California Condor Reintroduction Project, which was started up using Andean Condors to simulate the behavior of the California Condors so that the research group would be ready when the time came to release the first of the captive-reared birds.

AVM's LA11 Receiver was the first commercially produced radiotelemetry receiver designed and manufactured specifically for use in wild animal research. Thousands of LA11 and LA12 Receivers remain in use in the field today.

GSA Contractor...
AVM has held the U.S. Government's General Services Administration contract for the past 25 years. Our contract number is GS03F5030C; it expires March 31, 2009.

Our Location...
AVM moved to Northern California from Champaign Illinois, in 1981. We market, manufacture and ship to all countries from our Northern California headquarters.

Located in the heart of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, AVM moved from the frenzy of the San Francisco Bay Area in 2001. Our facilities can be found in Colfax, California, in Placer County, on Interstate Highway 80, about 45 minutes east of Sacramento, California. AVM is within an hour's drive of two major airports: Sacramento and Reno.

Our President...
Barbara Kermeen
Barbara Kermeen on Hartley's Heir using AVM's LA12-Q receiver and hand-held collapsible antenna.		 
Barbara Kermeen, AVM's President is active in many professional societies, including currently serving as Treasurer of the Western Section of The Wildlife Society. She is a past president of the San Francisco Bay Chapter of The Wildlife Society and is a life member of the Desert Tortoise Council. She is also a member of the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, the Cooper Ornithological Society, the National Animal Damage Control Association and the American Society of Mammalogists.

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