What's the best portable radio for YOU?

Helping you choose the right portable radio is a matter of addressing your budget, your needs, compliance with operational standards, brand preference, and a number of other factors, but well do our best to help you choose the right portable radio for your unique requirements.

The best value (in our opinion of course) for a rugged and reliable non-display radio for those that don't need enhanced signaling (i.e. 2-tone paging and/or MDC-1200 digital ID is the HYT TC-610.  With an MSRP of just $329, the TC-610 is a great value. Additional information is available at www.falcondirect.com/tc610. Send us an email for special firefighter pricing.

For a non-display radio with enhanced signaling (2-tone and MDC-1200 digital ID, our choice would be the HYT TC-700.  This incredible pager/radio has audbile channel change announcements (great for night use), a whisper mode, exceptional battery life and superior performance. Additional information at www.info4u.us/YouAsked.pdf.  With a manufacturers suggested selling price of just $349, it is an excellent choice.  Call us for our special firefighter pricing at 800.489.2611.

Our choice for a full display radio with top mounted controls, small size, and the capability of being upgraded to full 6.25 kHz digital functionality is the ICOM F3061 (VHF) or F4061 (UHF). The audio quality is outstanding and the performance is second to none.  The F3061/4061 is our best value in in a general purposed pager/radio.  Additional information is available at www.falcondirect.com/digital/3061prices.

If you want the ultimated pager/radio combination, the F50V is for you!  This micro-sized radio is water submersible without damage for up to 30 minutes.  It has both audible and vibrate alert plus message recording and playback capabilities.  An intrinsically safe version is optionally available and it costs no more than a Minitor V pager!  Additional information is available at www.falcondirect.com/F50V.

 

If you are applying for a FEMA fire grant, you should know that the standards defined by SafeCom for Homeland Security (the source of FEMA funding) specify that all radios used by federal agencies must be P25 compatible and that all radios purchased with federal grant money should be P25 compatible.  The ICOM F70D and F80D full meet these requirements at suprisingly low cost.  More information is at www.info4u.us/Just_the_facts.pdf.

There are lots of other good radios offered by Falcon Direct.  You can check them out at www.falcondirect.com/handhelds or for additional personal selections, please visit www.mursradios.com.