snjct2000 said:
I went to RS today to buy a PRO-2055 and they were out of stock in all the nearby stores. The manager said they are being discontinued. I thought this was one of their most popular and better selling mobiles. I want a decent mobile but I don't need digital so I'm not shelling out all that money for a 2096. Any thoughts on this?
Paul
Two thoughts on this, but only *speculation*, if the 2055 is truly discontinued (with a $$$.97, price tag).
1. Nothing has been said officially about re-banding for the 2055. The only reference I've seen was that it would need to be replaced for Motorola trunk scanning due to re-banding. However, the same chart also says the PRO-97 can be "reprogrammed" for the same reason. The two radios can be cloned, so they share a common firmware, so I'm not sure this holds water.
http://www.wpascanner.com/wiki/index.php/800Reband
The PRO-2055 Radioreference Wiki says the 2055 can be returned to a Radio Shack service center for firmware replacement, but nothing offical has been released to support that.
2. A high failure rate has occured to the LCD displays in several date codes, and is costing too much in rework, at the end of life production run.