Monday, February 14, 2011

Is your Motorola radio narrow-band ready?

We have been watching with amazement on how other dealers are scaring customers into buying new radios, and DIGITAL radios none the less to meet the upcoming January 1, 2013 deadline to be narrowband compliant.

Here is a listing of radios that are OK to narrowband:
Portables - Motorola P1225, HT1000, MT2000, MTS2000, JT1000, HT750, HT1250, EX500, EX600, XTS2500, XTS3000, XTS3500, XTS4000, XTS4250, XTS5000, CP110, CP125, CP150, CP185, CP200, PR400, PR860, MT1500.
Mobiles - Motorola M1225, Astro Spectra, CM200, CM300, PM400, CDM750, CDM1250, CDM1550, XTL1500, XTL2500, XTL5000, PM1500.

Here are some of the more popular radios that are NOT OK to narrowband:
Portables - Motorola P200, HT600, MT1000, GP300, GP350, P100, P110, SABER, SP50, HT50.
Mobiles - Motorola MaxTrac, MaraTrac, GM300, M100, M216, M208, SM50, Syntor, Spectra, Micor, Mitrek.

In a future post we will cover in plain English who this affect and who this does not affect. Please do not get yourself talked into scrapping a entire radio system for over priced digital system (the soonest a DIGITAL radio would be required is estimated at 2017, there is still substantial debate surrounding this technology).

Hopefully the above information helps, if you have any questions about your radio inventory, please do not hesitate to drop us an email or give us a call with your questions. We are happy to help, hype-free.

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