montecarlo31
Newbie
As a frequent lurker but limited poster, I've finally had a question I can not locate an answer to. We currently hold an FCC license to operate on a few frequencies from UHF 451 to 469 in Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia. We just renewed our license and have been rolling out some new radios, we have previously been 100% Motorola (hand and mobile mounted). We've experienced some issues with Motorola from the availability aspect of some radios from our sole vendor. We have approximately 20 radios at this point and will likely ramp to 50-100 adding some vehicle-mounted repeaters. As I've become increasingly frustrated with Motorola's availability I asked if we could go with another vendor (ICOM/Kenwood/etc). Our current vendor only sells and services Motorola so I am a bit unsure if his answer that even if radios are programmed on the same frequency they must be the same brand doesn't seem to add up. We use various models from CP200s to 5350s, all digital if that makes a difference.
So my question is, can we purchase any "brand" digital UHF radio, have the vendor program to the required frequencies and go or are we married to Motorola?
Thanks in advance!
So my question is, can we purchase any "brand" digital UHF radio, have the vendor program to the required frequencies and go or are we married to Motorola?
Thanks in advance!