Batboard

Nextel i860
Minitor IV VHF
XTS 3000 (II) 800 Yellow
S&W SW50TA Auto Knife (one on belt, one in boot)

Weekdays, when on the job (running a computer shop/consulting) - main operations include calling the shop, listening for incoming pages, and occasional phone patch use.

IN the shop: nothing - all rigs in chargers
OUT of the shop: Pageboy II, secure analog Saber I VHF, 110w VHF MCS2000 model II (in car)


Weekends, stuff I use for screwing around and/or when at home.

Simplex, messing around: HT440/90s (all VHF), HT600/MT1000s (some VHF, some UHF), any other odd stuff I may have handy
In my other POV (the van): 45w VHF Maxtrac


Pending Upgrades: I will soon be replacing the Saber with an otherwise similar Astro Saber (slowly migrating the shop to Astro as cheap gear presents itself). May also be replacing the Pageboys and associated encoder with Advisor Gold pagers and a POCSAG encoder soon.

If the local guys who want to put a 2M repeater on the air actually do it, then I may just have to get my ticket and expand my hamsexy array of portables to include some with DTMF

wazzzzzzzzup wrote:how many ppl on this board actually brought thier moto radios to school?

I did, and I had a heck of a time with them.

In fact, during my senior year, I had the last two hours of the day for school newpaper lab (a slack-off class for all but five days out of the month). I brought in a bunch of P110/GP300s and a P1225 (at that time my best portable), and told the guys and gals to use them as they saw fit.

I'd been pusing the kids all year to be less passive by saying they should 'walk around like they owned the place'. None of them ever did - until they got those radios. They all snatched them up and started playing radio tag throughout the building! The principal chased them around a bit, but ended up walking away scratching his head when he saw that our rigs were better than his

Another high-school radio story: during my last few years I did a little after-school consulting on the side. One of the places I worked for made all their employees (and me, too) carry a Minitor around at all times. At first I left in on and in my pocket, and it was quite funny (to me, anyways) that first day when they toned out the pagers in the middle of a history lecture!

It was especially fun when one particular guy was working at that place - he had an odd sense of humor, and was known to hold whoopee cushions up to the mic and key it for all to hear.

Good times...



Keith

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GP-38 wrote:
Company VHF HT1000 with RSM. (Switch key zip-tied to cord) Depending on mood/where I'm going, may use personal HT1250 or SysSaber 3. Various holsters used. D-swivel, vinyl belt type, etc.

That's a handy place to keep your switch key

Quantum vigilance alerter (like a pager you have to ack every 60 secs.)

So you keep your safety control in your pocket? DAMN, what a PITA

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-Advisor Elite. Use it mostly to look at the sports scores since I deleted myself from the useless 'important/work related' paging groups. Now I just get the meat & potato pages without the BS.

I don't bother carrying a prep since there are 1000 other nerds standing around at any given time carrying one or more. Minitor II has been sitting in the charger amp for over a year. Quattrino pager sits in the charger too.

I got a milk crate full of preps but I haven't turned them on in a long time.

Do I not sound motivated enough? Must have just lost the love...

On the Belt:
Motorola Advisor Gold
Motorola XTS 5000 UHF
Motorola MPX 220
Glock Model 22
2 sets of S&W Hand Cuffs
X26 Taser

In the Car:
Siruis Sat Radio
Motorola XTL 5000 UHF
Motorola Systems Saber VHF

Off Duty/POV:
Icom 208
Kenwood TK762 VHF
Kenwood TK862 UHF
Bearcat 350
Motorola Astro Saber II UHF
Glock Model 36
and various other fun toys

Minitor IV VHF
XTS 3000 (II) 800 Yellow
Glock #22 .40cal
misc. tools
jt-1000 uhf --time permtting

What do I carry on my belt ?

My fat gut ! lol

Sorry, couldnt help that.

Dont carry anything on my belt anymore, just turned 30, had to move on to worrying about my 401 K and being able to advoid those young whipper-snappers ! *grin*

Happy Holidays !

Matt N3IVK

On my belt:

Sprint Sanyo RL2000 (SCP-7200)
Minitor III Lowband
Saber III VHF

In the truck:

Icom V-8000 75W 2M Mobile


Hopefully if I get a good offer on my gamer pc system in the for sale/trade forum I'll have a couple of spectras or syntor X9000's in the truck. Or perhaps a couple of CDMs. *drool*

Ric, NB2E

Hoseman292 wrote:Nextel i860
Minitor IV VHF
XTS 3000 (II) 800 Yellow
S&W SW50TA Auto Knife (one on belt, one in boot)

Re: Radios in school

I owned a beat up high band HT200 while in high school (mid eighties guys. I ain't that old) which fell out of my back pocket cracking diagonally across the battery compartment. There wasn't enough Super Glue and BONDO in the world could put Humpty together again. I also had a Pageboy I and later a Pageboy II.

On my belt:
In town:
RAINE Brand radio pouch that holds (one at a time) HT1000, MTS2000,
MT1000 and other misc. radios. JEDI fits the best.
Also in the pouch a ratshack digi-multimeter, streamlight LED, mini dykes
and other "stuff".

BUCK and S&W Black OPs. knives and GERBER Multi-tool.

In the grasslands or the mountains, same as in town with:
.22 Browning NOMAD semi-auto
2 mags
or
.44mag Ruger Blackhawk single-six
1 box JHP
or
.22mag Derringer two shot, breach
1 box

(and my wife with a bull horn yelling at me to stop shooting everything)

My boss won't let me carry the pouch at work.

I used to carry more but when I became a mechanic I had to
"lighten the load."


73,
kc0qgl

Heh...belts...

Sig GSR (1911) 45 w/ surefire X200b weapon light)
4 Mags
three cuffs
XTS3500 (soon to be a 5000 hahahahaha) VHF
Stick
Vexor
X26
gloves
Streamlight ultra stinger

while working.

Off duty-
Any one of the following
Sig GSR, P226, P229, P239, or Kahr PM9
3 magazines
Surefire U2
cuffs
shield
VHF XTS (see above) or HT1250

Now that all depends on whether I am working as a Police Officer or EMT

P.O.

Either Glock 22(duty)/27 (backup) or Sig P229 (duty) /S&W Model 637
4 Mags
2 sets of cuffs
HT1000 or Saber II or TK-372G or Visar or HT750
Expandable Baton
OC
Streamlight Strion


EMS

Minitor III
Visar or TK-272G or Saber II or SaberIII

Off duty-
Usually Glock 27
One of the above radios
Hand cuffs


Mike

Now that all depends on whether I am working as a Police Officer or EMT

P.O.

Either Glock 22(duty)/27 (backup) or Sig P229 (duty) /S&W Model 637
4 Mags
2 sets of cuffs
HT1000 or Saber II or TK-372G or Visar or HT750
Expandable Baton
OC
Streamlight Strion


EMS

Minitor III
Visar or TK-272G or Saber II or SaberIII

Off duty-
Usually Glock 27
One of the above radios
Hand cuffs


Mike

You New Englanders seem to be obsessed with being an "EMT"; I am not trying to start fire with anyone but it seems that an "EMT" on the east coast is like being a "Paramedic" in the midwest and west coast. Is it a pain in the *** for you guys to get your medic?

Out here, Paramedics seem to separate themselves from being an EMT. I never did quite understand it since in Michigan, everyone is technically an EMT. Its just that you get to add "Paramedic" or "Specialist" (Intermediate for some states) after the "EMT" part. There is an unwritten dividing line though (here). If you aren't a 'medic' then you are crap. In my midwestern perception, if you are an 'emt' on the east coast, you are an accepted ems personnel. Out here you would be talked down to which obviously is crap. Never have I understood the unwritten law about that. I started as an EMT when I was 19 and I still work as and EMT-S now, 26 (part time of course; I couldn't possibly live with the monies EMS pays!!).

I myself have been through medic (92% on the final) but never cared to take the state exam; I don't have intentions on being a professional ems caretaker or to be a fulltime FF (You pretty much have to be a Paramedic to get a FF job in Michigan and then you get to work as an 'ambulance driver' at your full-time FF job...lol). Realistically I lost interest halfway thru the course and only finished it to get some more college credits. Its too bad that the 'EMT' doesn't get squat for respect out here.

Just a thought.

You probably won't believe this but paramedics are not that common where I live. People are either EMT-I's or Basics.

Belt-i730 Nextel ( some days 7520 blackberry)
Belt-Minitor V VHF 2 frequency with stored voice ( Fire/EMS)
Portable-EX600XLS UHF trunked ( channel monitor for repeater customers)
In Vehicle-CDM1550LS UHF trunked with remote head( shop and monitoring of repeater customers) in 2005 Pontiac Vibe GT (white)
In Vehicle-GCK1410 GLobalstar satellite phone kit with cradle/hands free
( for remote locations outside of cellular/radio coverage areas)
On Vehicle-UHF sharkfin antenna
On Vehicle-Globalstar Extreme Antenna Enclosure

Wayne

Well, I pretty much switch up depending on my mood, and what is charged. However, we'll start off with the truck.

-UHF CDM1250
-dual head VHF spectra
-800 low-power spectra
-remote mounted yeasu FT-7800

On to the portables

-800 MTS 2000
-UHF XTS 5000
-UHF MTS2000
-UHF HT1550XLS
-UHF HT1250
-UHF HT1000
-UHF 99 ch MT1000
-UHF GP300 (16 ch)
-UHF GP350 (8 CH)
-UHF P1225 (16 ch and 2 ch)
-VHF MTS2000
-VHF HT 1250
-VHF EX600XLS
-VHF 99 ch MT1000
-VHF 16ch MT1000

And finally in the house:

-800 Low power Spectra
-800 Maxtrac
-UHF Flexar repeater
-UHF 32 channel MaxTrac
-UHF GM300
-VHF GM300
-VHF Radius M216
-VHF Radius (whatever the 2 channel model # is)

That's the stuff that gets used. Like any good radio guy, I have some boxes with stuff that is either backup, old, or just not used (right now)

I used to have 2 UHF GR500's, but I gave them away to friends. I really miss them. I didn't have a use for them then, now I do. Sometimes, I'm too nice. Not anymore.

Rob

KS4VT wrote:During the week...

i860 (Nextel)
Verizon Alpha Pager to monitor 800 System MOSCAD alarms
XTS2500 Model 3
Visar VHF Model 3 on the ham bands

On the weekends...

i860 (Nextel)
Verizon Alpha Pager to monitor 800 System MOSCAD alarms
Visar 800 Type2
Visar Model 3 or XTS3000 VHF on the ham bands
S&W .40 cal under the shirt or in a fanny sack.

YAY 40 CAL!!!!!!

At Work -
In the Truck
MCS2000 VHF (with COntrol Head in Cab and a control Head in the Patietn Box)
NEC MobilePro 9000 MDT
Panasonic Toughbook 29 or 28
Some Crappy Cellphone that never works
BCD396T (my personal toy, but our PD is P25 800 digital trunked and it is helpful to know what is going on)

On my person
HT1250 LS VHF
Advisor Elite 900 Mhz AlphaPager
Bravo 800 AlphaPager (worst Alpha pager ever!)
Samsung Ai660
Streamlight Stinger XT (getting a strion)

Off Duty
ht1250 ls
VHF Spectra A4 with remote head in my sweet ride (03 Protege)
BCD396T (its no Moto, but if Moto made a scanner, well, umm, scratch that, i am afraid to drop the 396, but my ht1250 gets dropped regularily)
These Horrid AlphaPagers
Samsung Ai660

At School
advisor pager, cell and maybe a dell 5150, btu probaly not. nothing else.

On my belt, weekdays:

Motorola V60Ti (to be upgraded soon)
Motorola Keynote UHF
Motorola Minitor V low band (brand new today, was a IV)
Motorola Advisor Gold UHF text pager

At night and on weekends the Minitor and Advisor stay on, the others go to sleep.

In the car:

Kenwood TK630H
Kenwood TK730G
Kenwood TK830G
Kenwood TK190
Motorola MT-1000 low band
Motorola MT-1000 high band
Motorola hands free kit for V60Ti

The back-up car has:
Maxtrac 300 low band
Maxtrac 300 high band
Maxtrac 300 UHF
Motorola hands free kit for V60Ti

At home, too many radios to mention! Except I now have a complete working set of Minitor pagers - 1 through 5 - all on the same frequency and tone set. And a GM300 as a house receiver, and a very patient, understanding and forgiving spouse.

Joe

Well, since I'm only 16 and not employed (school), my radios are:

Portable:

XTS3000 VHF II
XTS3000 VHF I
HT1000 UHF (2)
HT600 UHF
HT750 4ch VHF
GE "monogram" UHF HT
Kenwood TK-3160 UHF (2)
Tekk T-20 UHF (2)
Radius P1225 UHF 16f (3)
UHF Visar DTMF
Yaesu VX-150
and a couple XTN portables somewhere

Mobile:

CDM1250 VHF
Radius M10 VHF
Maxtrac 800 (6)
VHF Syntor X (2)
Yaesu FT-1500M

Too many radios.

GP300 VHF 16f (2 of em)
MT1000 VHF A4 model
HT750 VHF 16f (So new its not programmed yet)
Saber I VHF Secure
Systems Saber Secure III VHF
Astro Saber III VHF Flash: 591001-0C1800-4
P100 6f VHF
HT600 6f VHF
MT500 VHF 4f (set of 3 New Old Stock radios)
Several MX300S series radios (330's UHF, 340's VHF, 350's VHF, 360's VHF)
Several MX320 "aau" VHF units.
MX310 UHF

Jeff

HT1000 vhf with ham & public safety
HT1000 uhf with just ham
minitor 4
moto.v262 cell but thinking of getting v265
Maratrac with a7 in truck with ham & public safety

Glock 22
MTS2000 800 meg POS
Surefire + Streamlight
Taser
BFS

Car has Spectra 800 (our County is way cheap, and out of date), we should have kept our old 460 UHF system, Motorola has been working on our trunked system (and bilking our taxpayers) for 10 years and it still sucks, so called "public safety grade" system is worse than a crappy
cell phone. Wind blows, or snows and zone controllers start dropping like flies, and sites go down all over the place. Had an earthquake a few years ago, only the pagers worked =(

State Patrol was smart, kept their VHF system, and now that all the suckers sold out to 800 MHz, they have all the band width they need to themselves!

At work I have to carry a POS HT750 VHF, and an I 205 nextel...supposedly we are going to get xts 2500 800's this july...which means dispatch can hear even less of us.

Off duty and when I play firefighter:
VHF HT1250 or VHF Saber 3
UHF HT1250 or UHF Saber 3
those are dependant on my mood that morning...
in the CVP
VHF Spectra A5
UHF Spectra A5
in the Burban
VHF and UHF Spectra A9

No need for lowband here as the only thing left on it is some school buses...

If this 800 system improves and I can convince the county Com. Director I may get 2 800 Astro Spectra's and an 800 AS 3...all would have to be P25 capable...but I am holding off and waiting to see what happens...the SD has been on the 800 for a year now and they always are going to the patrol car and getting back on the 400 to have the important conversations...I think the cell phones get better service than the statewide 800.

Oh yes, in the house I have a minitor 2 VHF w/amplified charger, a VHF Spectra A5, and a radioshack scanner.

OK, so now that we see what all of us carry, what do all of us do that we need to have 1/2/3 radios on us at all times??????

Oh and by the way:
Minitor V VHF (Band-Aid)
Metrocall Alphanumeric pager (Band-Aid)
Minitor IV UHF (Fire)

And the love of my life....my MT2000 Model III VHF (Band-Aid)
(Leather carry harness, speaker mic and all!!)

And to answer my own question, Radio/Communications Officer for the local ambualance corps, as well as an EMT-D. Also firefighter in the spare time that I really don't have.....

MTS2000 800mhz
XTS5000R VHF

and my phones:

Nextel i860
Imate K-Jam GSM

[quote="wbad1053"]OK, so now that we see what all of us carry, what do all of us do that we need to have 1/2/3 radios on us at all times??????
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If we didn't carry all of that stuff how would anybody know we were nuts??

Oh ya and here's mine:

On Me:

Min II LB Fire
P200 LB Fire
HT600 VHF EMS
i710 Nextel

In Vehicle:
Convertacom
BCT-7

If we didn't carry all of that stuff how would anybody know we were nuts??

Truly.

For me:

Asst. Vol. Fire Chief/EMT-D
Deputy County EMS Coordinator
County Haz-Mat Team member
Medical Team member (work)
Amateur Radio operator
County RACES member (so I'm told, haven't made a meeting yet due to family plus above committments)

Joe

I'm at work, so here goes..............

Two pair of Peerless cuffs
Glock 22 with extra mag
Sprderco Rescue (old style)
Glove/microshield pouch
Flashlight ring (haven't carried a big light in over a year)
Saber II VHF (PS scanning & 2mtr)
MTX9000 B7
Keys, keys, and more keys.....

At my desk
1 uhf A9 110 watt spectra
1 vhf A9 110 watt spectra
1 vhf mcs2000 III 110 watt

In my car
1 vhf A 110 wat spectra
1 vhf mcs2000 II 110 watt
1 kenwood tm-700a dual band

On my belt
1 ex600 vhf
1 saber II vhf
1 Kenwood TH-F6A dual band
1 p200 uhf

In my house
1 spectra A9 vhf 110 watt
1 kenwood TM-G707A

FD issued VHF Minitor V and my 16 ch. MT1000, also have a JT1000 that stays at the house most of the time. I have a couple other MT1000's in VHF hi/low and UHF, and a bunch of MT500/HT220 stuff as well.

On the belt:

Motorola Minitor II Low Band
Motorola Minitor IV Low Band
Motorola MT2000 A7 VHF or Kenwood TK-190 depending on what i'm doing
Kyocera POS
Keys

In the car:

Kenwood TK-880
Soon to be joined by 2 Kenwood TK-780's
MT2000 A7 when not on belt
Kenwood TK-190 when not on belt

OK ready for this?

At Work (FDNY Division Aide)

1 XTS-3500
1 XTS-3500 Mod III for the FAST unit (I give it up when they show up)
1 VX-800 UHF Interop radio to talk with NYPD
1 MTX-821 800 Mhz radio
1 Saber I VHF Department radio or Citywide

In addition I will also carry as a courtesy, the Chief's VX-800 interop radio, the POST radio when needed, and the CrossBand repeater radio (XTS-3500 VHF, no leather or speaker mic)(When not needed, these are gladly left in the vehicle)

We also have a VHF MCS-2000 in the Command Post case.



At home

Too many to list

XTS-5000R 800 astro
JT-1000 VHF
P-7150 800 edacs
Sony Z-500a cell
Nokia 6010 cell

For the Fire Dept

Motorola FLEX Alpha
EF Johnson 5100 VHF P-25

At home

HT 1250 VHF

In my UH-60 Blackhawk

Too much to list....

Motorola V3 Black
Motorola GP300 VHF 16 Ch's
Yaesu VX-5R
Motorola Pro5150 VHF 16 Ch's

MTS2000 VHF on my rig for work, MTX838 UHF for the local PD, GP300 and GP350 in the car for hammy stuff. Why the MTS2000? My job uses CP200 portables, and I don't like them. My MTS works much better, in my opinion. My radio could be my life, so I want one that's reliable.

For use at radio shop: HT1250LS+ on our passport system
For use on the RR: Either an MT1000 or a King EPH5101A (This one lives in my truck)
For hammy things: AN/PRC127 (All my King accesssories fit)

If it works, keep it. "New & Improved" usually means a new way for someone else to improve their bank account-RRRobby

At work (heh...officemax right now)

CLS1410 (provided by them) or if not my GP68 or XTN radio.


At home:

XTS3000
HT750
GP68
Visar
P1225
XU2100
Spectra
Maxtracs
Too many scanners
Too many computers

EX600
HT1550XLS
SABER II
SABER III

Blackberry 8700g
What more can I need.
If people want me they can

Phone me
Email me
SMS me
MMS me
right there in one lightweight little box.

If the SZ has a fault it emails me.
Simple and sweet.

Well...not much crap to carry on the belt.

On duty-
HT1550 XLS
i560

As for my collection:
HT1550xls ( one Low,one VHF, Two UHF)
HT1250ls+
HT1250 UHF _ fullkeypad
HT1250 Low _Limited
HT1250 VHF _ Full Keypad
HT750 UHF
CDM1550

The only radios I actually bought and wern't issued were one of the 1550xls UHFs and the HT750...everything else is issued over a few orginizations. Can ya tell whos motorola heavy?

I carry a EF Johnson 8588 Viking CM Multi-net Portable and a I-700 Nextel and a Minitor 3 VHF Hi-Band Fire Pager . In the Car I have a EF Johnson Asend Summit Multi-Net Mobile . and a Air Card MDT System .


Steve.

The everyday silliness...
Nextel i730, Minitor 3 VHF high, S&W clip knife, Chap Stick, Wallet sans $$, carabiner full of keys, pocket lint, etc.

Work 1: Add EF Junk Viking portable.
Work 2: Add MT1000 or Uniden brick portable, as well as EFJ.

Vollie house: EFJ Viking, P1225 VHF

Add Glock 30 with second clip, Peerless hinge cuffs, and Surefire 6p as situations warrant, and I feel they usually do.

The Expedition has a Kenwood TK730 dual remote head, mobile charger for P1225, and looking to switch to Motorola Mobile maybe. Kenwood TM241a 2m, mod for CAP. Uniden 16 ch scanner and oodles of emergency lighting.

Hmm... Heres what ive got...

On Belt: Basic
Minitor 4
Cell Phone

Desk at home:
Motorola Mostar VHF & UHF
Motorola Mitrek VHF Low
Motorola MT1000 (sometimes on the belt)
Minitor 1, 2, 3, & 4
Motorola Maxtrac UHF connected to Zetron Model 15A Tone encoder
Motorola Alert Monitor VHF-Low (Old school red one!!!)
Motorola HT750 UHF
Uniden 145XLT
Uniden BCT8

In the car:
Motorola Maxtrac UHF

I carry a Motorla Spirit for everyday communication around my home and home bussiness. Works great on the Murs channels, heck license free!!

For My ham Rigs
FT-60
FT-7800 Mobile
Icom 706 Base

On duty F/T EMS

XTS2500i VHF 100001-000000-7
Nextel i560
Advisor Gold


My personal stuff at home and in car

MCS2000 II VHF 110w
HT1250 Limited keypad VHF
Minitor II VHF (vol. ems)
Minitor III VHF (vol. fire)
Another XTS2500i (vol. ems & fire)
BC796D