MY CURRENT LIST OF RADIO EQUIPMENT
AMATEUR RADIO
CDM-1250
Motorola's current top of the line Professional Mobile/Base Radio. I currently have this radio mounted in my truck. I have all the local repeaters programmed into it as well as a lot of simplex channels. This is an excellent radio at 50 watts, I have a 5/8 wave magnet mount antenna that I picked up at Radio Shack hooked up to it.
ADI AR-147
I currently have this radio mounted in my truck. I currently have an indoor dipole antenna hooked up to it. This is a excellent radio with 60 Watts PEP. However I normally only run it at half power as that is all I need to hit even the most distant of the local repeaters.
HTX-202
This was the first radio I purchased. I got it on Ebay along with an Icom IC2AT. I kept the 202 and resold the Icom. This has been a very reliable radio for me and I used it in my truck as a mobile for several months. I purchased a 15" high gain antenna for this radio and it talks almost as good as my fixed mount radios.
HTX-245
I wanted a small radio that I could keep in my jacket pocket. The Radio Shack HTX-245 fit the bill. It is dual band (2m/70cm) and has excellent tx/rx. I didn't care much for the antenna that came on it so I replaced it as well. The only thing I didn't care for with this radio is that I had to buy an adapter to put a bnc antenna on it. All in all I am very pleased with it though.
GP-300
I am very partial to Motorola equipment. Mainly because of its durability and dependability. I have picked up a couple of GP-300s and programmed the local repeaters into them. I have both a VHF and a UHF model of this radio.
HT-600
If you want the most durable, dependable radio Motorola ever made, it would have to be an HT-600. I have taken mine to the gates of hell and back. As a volunteer firefighter I needed a radio that would stand up to the rigors of the job. The only drawbacks I have found with this radio is that it only holds 6 channels and does not scan.
HT1250
When I became a line officer with my fire department I was issued an HT1250. It is basically a hand held version of the CDM1250. It is loaded with features. We currently use 2 systems in our department 400 MHz and 800 MHz. Our state has a statewide digital 800 MHz system that we use to communicate with our dispatch and other departments in the county/state. We primarily use our 400 MHz system for interdepartmental communications as well as our on scene operations since it is more reliable than the 800 MHz.
MT1225
I picked this up on Ebay a couple years ago. I have all the local fire department repeaters programmed into it as well as my Amateur Radio Clubs UHF Repeater. It is an excellent radio about the size of a paperback book. It sports 20 channels with alpha display and 40 watts pep.
XTS3000
This radio was provided to my department by the State of Delaware. We were lucky when they purchased the statewide radio system that they included radios for the fire departments in the state in the purchase. If every department in the state would have had to purchase their own radios it would have cost approximately $200,000 per department. This radio is for 800 MHz Digital Trunking. What that means is that if you want to listen in on us you have to spend about $600 for a digital capable scanner. However we do rebroadcast all of our county fire channels on or 400 MHz repeater (453.225 MHz).
