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Personal Radios: Affordable, Convenient

NCJ Number
109556
Journal
Law and Order Volume: 36 Issue: 2 Dated: (February 1988) Pages: 38-45
Author(s)
B Clede
Date Published
1988
Length
8 pages
Annotation
This article urges individual police officers to buy their own personal two-way radios and describes the features of some radios that are available.
Abstract
The Advanced Tech Talk 5-watt 4-channel handheld, which is claimed to be the most powerful palm-size portable in the world, can fit into a shirt pocket. General Electric's MPI Personal Radio weighs 16 ounces and is crystal controlled. The Johnson Challenger LX is a 2-channel, 2-watt UHF portable that's only 1-inch thick where held. ICOM America offers a selection of handheld and mobiles for both VHF Hi and UHF public safety bands. Midland Land Mobile Radio offers an economy model 4-channel, crystal-controlled portable. Others mentioned are Tempo, Maxon, Motorola, Repco, Regency, Standard, Uniden, Wilson, and Yaesu models. Photographs and list of company addresses.