Aviation Radio?

[iwork4911]

Does anyone know if Motorola makes a mobile radio that:
1) operates on the aviation frequency
2)is tone remote capable

If not, does anyone know of another manufacturer that makes an aviation mobile radio that is tone remote capable or will interface with Motorola's Centracom Software?


Thanks

[Jason]

Does anyone know if Motorola makes a mobile radio that:
1) operates on the aviation frequency
2)is tone remote capable

If not, does anyone know of another manufacturer that makes an aviation mobile radio that is tone remote capable or will interface with Motorola's Centracom Software?


Thanks

1) No Motorola does not.
2) Icom A110 + TTP216 or MR200N by CPI would be my recommendation.

[Hartley]

You could also try Daniels - they do air band in a remotable configuration.

[Tom in D.C.]

If what you're talking about is establishing comms with someting like a medevac
helicopter it's easier to use the FM radio in the aircraft and letting them talk on
your fire/rescue channel than for you to try talking on AM on the airband radio.

[WB6DGN]

...it's easier to use the FM radio in the aircraft and letting them talk on
your fire/rescue channel than for you to try talking on AM on the airband radio.

This way, you would also avoid the nuisance of having to obtain another license for the airband radio.

[Wowbagger]

...it's easier to use the FM radio in the aircraft and letting them talk on
your fire/rescue channel than for you to try talking on AM on the airband radio.

This way, you would also avoid the nuisance of having to obtain another license for the airband radio.

I know that Wulfsberg (http://www.wulfsberg.com/) was working on integrating an APCO-25 radio into an aviation radio set back in 2002 (I went to their plant to talk to them about test equipment) and so I would assume they have a solution.

I'd agree: you'd be better off using the aviation band radio in the bird (whatever it may be) to do aviation related things, and using a trunked radio to do non-aviation related things.

[4n6inv]

I'm with Tom in D.C on this one...

You're going to have to pay a small fortune for the capability to patch air into a console. I've never heard of an ageny using anything other than direct comunnications on thier system, or one of the HEAR frequencies to be able to have comms with a medvac. It can be done by any number of different means, but it seems like a tremendous amount of work for something that really isn't necessary. Even in the Atlanta area; Lifeflight has an 800 radio in their birds that can talk on any of the metro agency's systems.

[MSS-Dave]

http://www.mentorradio.com/catalog.htm

Years ago, I maintained a hospital that had a older model Mentor radio with a Tone Remote board built in interfaced to a CentraCom II. Worked fine. The only time it was used was if a 'copter came in from outside the area that didn't have the VHF-FM freq of that hospital.

Dave