Current MA/COM lowband offerings?

Pj · Post by Pj » Wed Sep 28, 2005 5:41 am

Is the Orion still the only available lowband radio?

radio259 · Post by **radio259** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 9:01 pm

Yes it is. Very good radio. Pricey. We have been selling more Vertex lowband lately. VX6000 available in 110 watt, but limited in banmdsplit.

PB

Splat · Post by **Splat** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 11:17 pm

If you're interested in something other than the Orion (and not Motorola) Kenwood's got some great mobiles that do lo-band. TK-6110, TK-690, and I think there's a few more. I've used the 6110 and found it worked well.

Pj · Post by Pj » Sun Oct 02, 2005 8:21 am

I think we are picking up the 690, and eventually dual radio it with another lowband or VHF radio. The local dealers are pretty much idiots around here so getting information/prices doesn't come without a boatload of work.

Splat · Post by **Splat** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 5:03 pm

I can tell you that the Kenwoods we've had for the past 1+ years have all been great. We're switching over to all Kenwoods as the Motorolas die out. I can't remember this.... do the Kenwood dealers have those territory restrictions like Vertex? I -think- if you solicit any Kenwood dealer they can sell to you, but dealers cannot solicit out of their region. We've had good dealings with Bob at B&C Communications in Waldwick, NJ which is upstate northern NJ. http://www.bccommunicationsinc.com/

Boomer740 · Post by **Boomer740** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 10:17 pm

We removed from our fleet brand new Motorola Syntor X-9000 low band radios in favor of the Kenwood TK-630s and TK-690s. Our fleet (several hundred vehicles) is now completely Kenwood, and has been for several years. We are *very* happy with not only the performance of the TK-630 / 690 series mobiles, but also with their sturdiness and longevity. I have seen only one fail, and that "failure" turned out to be a firmware issue.

Paul KB6MIP

Splat · Post by **Splat** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 10:40 am

I can only attest to our recent experiences... Kenwood has good support. In the past they supposedly sucked, but I've heard a lot of praise nowadays and we have gotten good support from them. I'll be picking up another TK-8180 mobile, but this one will be the new 45W uhf version... think it's the TK-8180H. We already have the s/w, which also does our TK-3180 portables. I love these radios. The way the featureset actually works I like more than Vertex radios, however Vertex has some nice stuff too. Anyhow, go Kenwood!