GETTING READY FOR DMR IN MY VERY NEAR FUTURE

[nokones]

12 minutes ago, WSHH887 said:

As long as I have been reading forums I have found some of the best information comes from thread drift. 

Hey, no worries.  It is all good discussion for everyone and if anyone has any heartburn over it, they can always hit the backarrow or "X" out and go sign-on to Radio Reference.

[Jaay]

1 hour ago, nokones said:

Hey, no worries.  It is all good discussion for everyone and if anyone has any heartburn over it, they can always hit the backarrow or "X" out and go sign-on to Radio Reference.

My primary site, actually.

[WRYZ926]

It really doesn't matter what brand or model of vehicle you have there just isn't a whole lot of room to add radios to any newer vehicle. Let us know what you come up with nokones.

[Lscott]

1 hour ago, WRYZ926 said:

It really doesn't matter what brand or model of vehicle you have there just isn't a whole lot of room to add radios to any newer vehicle. Let us know what you come up with nokones.

If they can interface a cell phone to the screen in most new cars you would figure the radio manufactures would figure out a way to remote the front panel of a two way radio the same way. Then you can stuff the radio body out of the way, wherever it fits, and not have to run cables all over the place and find a spot to mount a remote head.

[WRYZ926]

@Lscott That would be nice if that could be done.

Right now I use radios with detachable heads. The main units are stuffed under my seat and the head units are on a Lido seat bolt mount. The downside is I also had to connect external speakers to both radios so I can hear them. Just more stuff to mount.

Space is a premium on any newer vehicle but its worse in smaller SUVs like my 2023 Ford Escape.

[nokones]

7 hours ago, WRYZ926 said:

It really doesn't matter what brand or model of vehicle you have there just isn't a whole lot of room to add radios to any newer vehicle. Let us know what you come up with nokones.

There are systems out there to consolidate multiple remote radios and control it by one device. I had one in my company car for about a year before I retired about 20 years ago. 

[WRYZ926]

I figured that there was something available for commercial/government use. But it's probably very expensive for consumers.

[nokones]

2 hours ago, WRYZ926 said:

I figured that there was something available for commercial/government use. But it's probably very expensive for consumers.

It is very very very expensive.

Also, there is the multiband APX series radios which is just very expensive, even used.

[Lscott]

53 minutes ago, nokones said:

Also, there is the multiband APX series radios which is just very expensive, even used.

Yeah, I’ve seen them at swaps a few times. One had a price tag of $1500. Nice radio. Wait a few more years for one of those zeros to drop off the price and I might be interested then.