"Travis Jordan" wrote...
"Paul Hirose" wrote in message
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This story on Channel 7 says the Motorola Astro radios that the Los
Angeles Police Dept. uses are 14 years old, out of production, and
becoming unreliable. The LAPD has its eye on a new radio, but it costs
$3400. Replacing 10,000 Astros will be expensive. No decision has been
made yet.

$3400 for a basic APCO-25 radio? I don't think so. Buy a P-25 radio from
Kenwood or one of the other competitors and save $2K each.

http://www.actioncommunications.com/...=800MhzDigital

Oops - sorry, wrong band -- should have been 470, not 800 Mhz.

Try Icom's IC-F80DT for the same price:
http://www.ga.wa.gov/pca/contract/02...e_I-052605.pdf