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What mobile radio do i need?

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Hello,

I'm a reserve police officer for a very small tribal police department and i need to get a mobile radio for my car. ( i will have to pay for this out of pocket so price is a big part of the equation)

My portable radio is a Kenwood TK-390.

Is there a quick way for me to figure out all of the information about the system i have and what i need?


Thanks for the help in advance, attached is a picture of our office radio i couldn't find any model information.
 

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My advice would be to find out the name and location of the radio shop that takes care of your system. Approach them with your needs and limitations. Most private radio shops will be able to work with you to get you into the proper equipment and maintain full compatibility.
Buying something off of ebay and programming it to the system will generally not endear you to them or the other users of the system if it screws up.

Good luck

Bruce
 
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That looks like a Kenwood TK-8180. Basic UHF analog radio. Kenwood TK-390 is an analog only UHF radio.
Both models are still in production and sold by Kenwood, and you can find them used, too.

That should be all you need. Basic analog only UHF radio.
However, you need to be absolutely sure what frequencies you need. There can be different models of radios depending on what part of the UHF band you need to cover.

I'd recommend going with a Kenwood since it's possible they are using the FleetSync signaling protocol.

What you should do is find out who maintains your departments radios and talk to them. It'll be much easier to have them load one of their existing files into your new radio rather than you trying to recreate everything. Even if you had access to the FCC license info, or even using the Radio Reference data base, all the information you'd need likely won't be found on those. Also, there are likely other agencies programmed into your radios for Mutual Aid response.

Should be an easy task, and finding a UHF mobile, either new or used, won't be a big challenge.
 
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