MA COM Portable Radio Review

bigbluemsp · #1 (**permalink**) 04-15-2007, 10:11 PM

Saturday I was at the Police & Fire Collector show in Madison Heights. Well a friend of mine on the test project for the OPEN SKY brought his prep along. Its a decent looking prep (Portable) radio. It seems like a well built radio. It is about the size of a XTS3000 with the full features of the 5000 radio.

The voice quality is real clear, twice as clear as that of the Motorola series radios. The only things I don't like is that fact that it is real expensive to install the firmware to be compatable with the MPSCS system when they are out of the area.

I also just found out that Farmington only has access to 1 tower. So if they should leave the tower range which isn't that far they have ZERO comms at their access.

That is a bad situation for the FPD Officers. They will have access to all the towers when the system opens up completely.

So all in all it's a nice radio but the price of the radio and the system thus far isn't worth it and I still believe the citizens are being taken for a ride.

Oh and that bastage Firenet won a door prize at the show

. We heard the guy on the PA (No name to be said to protect the innocent lol) and I'm like WTF you won something. Arrrrrrrrrg Just my luck 2 years in a row and Im standing next to someone I know who wins.

GreatLakes · #2 (**permalink**) 04-15-2007, 11:28 PM

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Originally Posted by bigbluemsp

So all in all it's a nice radio but the price of the radio and the system thus far isn't worth it and I still believe the citizens are being taken for a ride.

Be very careful! It sounds as if M/A-COM has begun to assimilate you!

bigbluemsp · #3 (**permalink**) 04-16-2007, 05:16 AM

Not for the price man. I don't like the concept of the whole thing or the horrid ride they have taken the people of Oakland County for.

Then again thats why all the rich people live there :P

diskmonger · #4 (**permalink**) 04-16-2007, 09:44 AM

I just heard from someone the WHOLE opensky project for Oakland county has been put on hold. What a suprise.

Would have liked to have seen that portable though

bigbluemsp · #5 (**permalink**) 04-16-2007, 11:57 AM

You should have hung around longer at the show. Then again my buddy didn't show up until 12:30 - 1:00.

I managed to get all but 2 of the college police and security patches that I didn't already have for Michigan. I also go Larry Nevers book and met his wife who is a very nice lady. We chatted for almost a hour.

NETFIRE got to see the M/A COM prep

then he goes and wins a prize :roll

diskmonger · #6 (**permalink**) 04-16-2007, 12:11 PM

Yeah... The show seemed a little smaller this year than last year. I am still on the hunt for my 'decal' also. Lots of people had them in their collection but no one was looking to sell.

kasparek · #7 (**permalink**) 04-30-2007, 09:08 PM

I'll be in Farmington over the weekend, what frequencies would I use for their PD and FD (Clemis / Oakland TRS). Also, can anyone help out with unit numbers?

Thanks in advance.

bigbluemsp · #8 (**permalink**) 04-30-2007, 10:29 PM

Its unmonitorable

kasparek · #9 (**permalink**) 05-01-2007, 12:37 AM

I thought I read somewhere it can be done conventionally, for now....

bigbluemsp · #10 (**permalink**) 05-01-2007, 05:31 AM

Nope the Open Sky Platform was made specifically to be unheard by the public.

I doubt it will ever be monitorable with the way it is set up.

Jimmy252 · #11 (**permalink**) 05-01-2007, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by kasparek

I'll be in Farmington over the weekend, what frequencies would I use for their PD and FD (Clemis / Oakland TRS). Also, can anyone help out with unit numbers?

Thanks in advance.

I live in farmington and farmington is unscannable. However, you can hear farmington hills police on 424.2500 and Farmingotn hills fire on 423.3750