jrothwell
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Many departments in MA are still using HT1000s. MA State Police just recently upgraded from MTS2000s. Boston Police are still using XTS2500s.
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What is the oldest still-in-use ( by PD / FD / FED ) Motorola portable radio ?
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Project25_MASTR
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Jedi's and Waris are still pretty popular for volunteer orgs where they aren't using trunking.
I know some guys who still have Twin-V's in fire apparatus (antique rigs but still maintained as a backup).
Know some groups still running Micors...
I know some guys who still have Twin-V's in fire apparatus (antique rigs but still maintained as a backup).
Know some groups still running Micors...
I know of people who still run HT1000s, that’s the farthest I know of
Those analog moto boat-anchors just won't die. Lot of reserve / backup apparatus out there with them. Keeps them from blowing away in high winds.
ElroyJetson
Getting tired of all the stupidity.
I thought the Motracs would be a surefire winner until someone said Twin V. OK, that's gotta be the winner! In the mobile category.
Once I was thinking of starting a collection of all the various unique versions of the HT220 that were produced, but didn't start while they were dirt cheap. Now, I'd spend thousands to get a decent representation of just the more common SP variants. Of which there are MANY.
Once I was thinking of starting a collection of all the various unique versions of the HT220 that were produced, but didn't start while they were dirt cheap. Now, I'd spend thousands to get a decent representation of just the more common SP variants. Of which there are MANY.
Every tow truck in Toronto has about 4-5 astro specta mobiles installed on the local trunk system in RX only on a smartnet type II system.
That is awesome !
The oldest radios we have on our system are XTS5000's, but we only have a few. We do however have several thousand XTS2500's.
I think Hartford PD was / is also on an old EDACS system. Back in the day they were using GE MPD radios I believe. No clue what they use now.
Toronto towing industry is a wild read for anyone.
Police were selling access to encrypted radio communications to the mobbed up Tow industry.
ElroyJetson
Getting tired of all the stupidity.
I live in one of the few remaining EDACS user counties. If I'm not mistaken they're all in Florida.
Some departments are still running a few P7100/P5100 portables but for the most part they're running newer gear,
and for mobile radios there are still some M7100s in service.
I don't KNOW, but am curious, if first gen, pre-"reband" EDACS 800 MHz radios are capable of operating on the system,
which is still analog voice for all but a few talkgroups. But I don't have even a remaining copy of the old EDACS 3 or EDACS 4 software that was used to program M-PDs and Rangr/S8xx radios to find out if the programming will take. I do know that an M-PA will work, as I ran one after the system was rebanded. Would an M-PD work? Kind of want to find out. If I had the battery, if I had the software, if I had the programming cable....
I believe, but can't confirm,. that at least the sheriff's aviation unit keeps an M-PA or M-TL or two still in operation, because of the specialized aviation headsets they have for them, which are not exactly cheap.
Some departments are still running a few P7100/P5100 portables but for the most part they're running newer gear,
and for mobile radios there are still some M7100s in service.
I don't KNOW, but am curious, if first gen, pre-"reband" EDACS 800 MHz radios are capable of operating on the system,
which is still analog voice for all but a few talkgroups. But I don't have even a remaining copy of the old EDACS 3 or EDACS 4 software that was used to program M-PDs and Rangr/S8xx radios to find out if the programming will take. I do know that an M-PA will work, as I ran one after the system was rebanded. Would an M-PD work? Kind of want to find out. If I had the battery, if I had the software, if I had the programming cable....
I believe, but can't confirm,. that at least the sheriff's aviation unit keeps an M-PA or M-TL or two still in operation, because of the specialized aviation headsets they have for them, which are not exactly cheap.
A 2009 post resurrected, is that a record?
The NJ DEP Parks & Forest Fire Service still use a few HT440's at some of the parks (mostly seasonal workers) due to budget constraints, even though they are not re-banded. The one issued to me worked for the 19 years that I was with the NJ State Park Service.
2009 ? I just started this thread yesterday
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