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Radio headsets

Nittimekki

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Hi
About 20 years ago some retail stores started using walkie talkies and also had their employees wear headsets. At Old Navy and The Gap most of the staff used the radios. Does anyone know what kind of radio and headsets they used?
 

zsauve

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Many of the retail stores ended up using the CLS series radios paired with the RLN6423 swivel earpieces. Gap at one point (at least at the mall I used to work security dispatch for) had VHF BPR-40's.
 

Nittimekki

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Thanks. The radios looks about right but I believe they used some other headsets, think some kind of over the head headset.
 

ElroyJetson

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DO NOT ASK ME FOR HELP PROGRAMMING YOUR RADIO. NO.
Literally it could be anything. I've seen retailers using mid tier Motorolas, or bottom shelf XTNs or any of a variety of other not excessively expensive radios. Whatever was on sale at Bearcom that day, I suppose. CP200, BPR40 (barf...), Icom this, Kenwood that, HYT garbage...
 
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