Intrinsically Safe Handheld

masonb · #1 (**permalink**) 10-10-2009, 12:48 PM

Hello fellow Radio Reference members,

I work at a sour oil & gas plant where we use a collection of Motorola HT1000s', Sabers' & Kenwood TK-2180s' on the VHF 136-174 MHz band to get the job done. They are all great radios, but I am looking for a personal that is intrinsically safe, and has the ability of "on the fly" or "front panel programming" much like a scanner for field work with contractors.

Any input would be appreciated, as I am for the most part lost in the world on industrial radio.

Thanks,

Mason

MPSCS · #2 (**permalink**) 10-10-2009, 01:02 PM

I'm not familiar with Canada's requirements for radio equipment, but you might check with Icom, Kenwood, and Yaesu. I know they all make radios that are intrinsically safe.

Wyandotte · #3 (**permalink**) 10-16-2009, 07:44 PM

You need to find a FPP radio that takes a intrinsically safe battery. It's not the radio that is going to blow up in a gas leak or fire, it's the battery. One of the places I work at has IS radios, and their Moto vendor told me that as long as the battery is IS, it don't matter if the radio is.