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Hello newibe to the site and radios first and formost.My Location is Tuscaloosa,Alabama close to the Bibb county line on Highway 82 East. Have been trying to find what i need for mobile radio for my truck. I have found myself doing more and more for my Vol. Fire Department. The down side is we are such a rual area and at the eadge of the county that our hand held radios lack the power in parts of or area to trasmit out(Kenwood 4w handheld). I would like a radio that i can use now and able to grow if and when the system does like narrow banding (makeing any sense here?) . Not sure of the frequency for the county fire dispatch or any of the repeaters, would like to be able to add other fire district as well. I hit up the local Motorola installer for some answers and got RX 453.150 w/ DPL 115 and TX 458.150 w/DPL 143. All of this is greek to me does it sound correct or how can i verifiy the #'s. Also can you guys offer some ideals on radio's? I have looked at a ICOM-F6021/F6061 and Vertex EVX-5300. Thanks for any and all help
Hello newibe to the site and radios first and formost.My Location is Tuscaloosa,Alabama close to the Bibb county line on Highway 82 East. Have been trying to find what i need for mobile radio for my truck. I have found myself doing more and more for my Vol. Fire Department. The down side is we are such a rual area and at the eadge of the county that our hand held radios lack the power in parts of or area to trasmit out(Kenwood 4w handheld). I would like a radio that i can use now and able to grow if and when the system does like narrow banding (makeing any sense here?) . Not sure of the frequency for the county fire dispatch or any of the repeaters, would like to be able to add other fire district as well. I hit up the local Motorola installer for some answers and got RX 453.150 w/ DPL 115 and TX 458.150 w/DPL 143. All of this is greek to me does it sound correct or how can i verifiy the #'s. Also can you guys offer some ideals on radio's? I have looked at a ICOM-F6021/F6061 and Vertex EVX-5300. Thanks for any and all help