On Fri, 05 Aug 2005 21:12:29 -0500, John P Vassel
wrote:

We dont freelance in fire/ems, but perhaps you're not talking about what
it means to me.

I'm thinking Ken was talking about some media work or photography, not
actual firefighting.

Minitor II's used tone reeds... now sometimes difficult to get, and
prevented you from quickly changing tones.
III's are synthesized, and pretty much non-existant. IV's replaced them
quickly, never did get the real scoop, but I think it was a
manufacturing issue.

Ah - the III and the IV are effectively the same radio. The difference
is that the IV has a better mode switch and different case. Everything
else is the same. There are sensitivity issues, but many people wrote
that off to synthesizer noise. I've got a IV and it decodes below the
squelch level.

IV's are out, and now so are the V's. We use IV's, UHF tho, and havent
had a single complaint with them. They are available in a variety of
flavors, with/without stored voice, vibrate, 2 channels, etc.

I've only prepared specs for the Minitor V as in eight years all of
the others may end up working unpredictably after narrowbanding
(mandatory on VHF High band and UHF after Jan 1, 2013).

Steve