My thoughts.
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FWIW, most of the surplus radios that I've bought over the years were fully programmed. It actually kind of interesting to look at how other organizations program them. Businesses and public safety agencies seem to be the ones that most often don't wipe radios. The ex-Federal radios that I have bought have all been wiped, but I have heard of fully programmed ex-Fed radios making it out on the commercial market.
definitely an unusual situation.
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Much of this has to do with the fact that many agencies don't want to spend the funding to de-program radios, especially if they don't have in-house radio support personnel and rely on a local shop. Local shops usually charge for labor, and one can imagine that when a fleet of radios is upgraded/replaced, the cost of de-programming hundreds of radios can go into the thousands of dollars.
It is certainly a security risk to leave programming data intact (especially on trunking subscribers) which is why any RFP should include the line item to deprogram old subscribers if this is a concern for the agency.
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