Anyone Seen these yet?

[rja1]

Icom F7010T P25 Compliant Portable VHF Radio w/ Full DTMF Keypad
Looks an awful lot like the R30, eh? About $1400 with Phase 1 or Phase 2 Trunking option. Purchase the key for only what you need. Then there's the software & programming cable costs. Still WAY cheaper than anything from Motorola. These would be perfect for the ham radio operator / scanner enthusiast..........IF you could program a trunking system without a system key, like the BK radios can. Available in VHF, A couple different versions of 380-520 MHz & 700-800 MHz. The other concern, of course, is affiliation. If there's a way around system keys and affiliation, I'M IN. There is also a compact mobile version available. Can anyone shed any more light on these new rigs??

Thanks ,
Bob
N2OAM

 

[IAmSixNine]

HA HA HA.. love the description they gave it.
Icom F7010T P25 Compliant Portable Marine VHF Radio w/ Full DTMF Keypad
P25 Compliant Portable Marine VHF Radio.
Guess they see the Marine band being full of P25 radios capable of Phase 1 and 2.

 

[kd4efm]

for public safety users who are out on the water ways. It is not for the Maine Band, but can be programmed to those channels.

 

[12dbsinad]

You're not going to be able to affiliate with a P25 trunking system with these, so there's that.

They are decent rigs, and Icom first product in the 700/800Mhz band.

 

[rja1]

You're not going to be able to affiliate with a P25 trunking system with these, so there's that.

That's exactly what I want to be able to do........NOT affiliate with a P25 trunked system! All I want to do is listen to the system.

 

[12dbsinad]

You need a system key in order to RX. It is not like the BK radio.