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Kenwood/Johnson Viking VP-8000

gspivey

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My department is considering purchasing some Kenwood Viking VP-8000 radios. Does anyone have any user experience on these in terms of performance and reliability? We will use them on UHF, VHF, and 700/800. Thanks.
 

kd4efm

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LOL, these are just now hitting the market as of this week.
These have been tested and approved across multiple states and a few others
are still conducting testing.


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kd4efm

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ALSO, theses have been tested on VIPER and have been accepted.
 

sefrischling

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My Department is looking at the 8000, we demo'd the 5000 and 6000 on the 7/800 state CLMRN system for about a month, and were extremely pleased with them.
 
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