Some interesting figures - if accurate
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 11:15 am
I borrowed this from another forum. I am not the author, just passing it on. But it does make for an interesting ratio, and I wonder it is replicated here.
The Question:
By any chance does anybody happen to know what percentage of digital radios in the US are MOTOTRBO? And maybe that is a very difficult questions to answer, because although public safety has gone APCO P25 in my area, other areas are using MOTOTRBO or NXDN. I am just curious, since a deadline is on the horizon, I wonder if your average hospital or campus security department is staying analog, but going to narrow bandwidth radios, going MOTO TRBO, NXDN, or something else. From my perspective, it seems like most of the places I am familiar with have gone MOTOTRBO.
The Answer:
I only have antidotal evidence here, but we are seeing about 80 to 90% is MOTOTRBO when a repeater in involved. When there is no repeater involved, we are seeing about 60 to 70% MOTOTRBO. We have very active Kenwood and ICOM dealers in our area, but the features on MOTOTRBO and product quality is night and day difference between Motorola and the others.
R
The Question:
By any chance does anybody happen to know what percentage of digital radios in the US are MOTOTRBO? And maybe that is a very difficult questions to answer, because although public safety has gone APCO P25 in my area, other areas are using MOTOTRBO or NXDN. I am just curious, since a deadline is on the horizon, I wonder if your average hospital or campus security department is staying analog, but going to narrow bandwidth radios, going MOTO TRBO, NXDN, or something else. From my perspective, it seems like most of the places I am familiar with have gone MOTOTRBO.
The Answer:
I only have antidotal evidence here, but we are seeing about 80 to 90% is MOTOTRBO when a repeater in involved. When there is no repeater involved, we are seeing about 60 to 70% MOTOTRBO. We have very active Kenwood and ICOM dealers in our area, but the features on MOTOTRBO and product quality is night and day difference between Motorola and the others.
R