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A surveillance kit has to be quiet; a speaker mic has to be loud.
That’s the only fundamental difference between these essential two-way radio accessori
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For all the complex electronics inside a two-way radio, arguably the most important component is the antenna, which transmits and captures radio waves.
Portable radios come from the factory with an antenna that has been tuned precisely to meet the needs of the radio it’s attached to. So why would you need an accessory antenna? A couple scenarios spring to mind:
Broken and scratched — To operate at peak efficiency, an antenna needs to remain in the shape it was built in. Dent, scratches and breaks can foul up an antenna and might cause it to fail altogether. If you
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Being able to hold a two-way radio in your hand goes from awesome to annoying the minute you start doing a chore that requires free use of your hands. That’s why earpieces and headsets are such popular accessories for two-way radio users. They set the hands free.
A great way to explore these accessories is to walk through the features of an existing model. For instance, Motorola Solutions makes a head-hugging headset called RMN4049A that has a host of high-tech features:
Bone conduction — This mod
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Radio manufacturers usually provide basic batteries and chargers, which do a fine job as long as the radios don't get a lot of use.
Active users of two-way radios, however, soon find they need more charging capacity and more versatile, longer-lasting batteries. Fortunately, radio manufacturers and several aftermarket companies offer plenty of ways to
The CP200 two-way radio from Motorola Solutions has been the company’s most popular radio for more than a decade. It’s an economical, industrial-strength portable radio with 16 channels, 4 to 5 watts of power and dust/water resistance. With few bells and whistles, the CP200 is easy to use and requires little training.
About the only thing missing is digital
There are no loopholes in Murphy’s Law when it comes to two-way radio networks. A construction worker drops a handheld radio, then kicks it down two flights of stairs. Lightning strikes a radio antenna tower and turns a base station into a brick. Just about anything bad that can happen to your radio gear will happen no matter how careful you are.
That’s why BearCom has one of the most extensive repair and field-service programs in the United States. Here’s a look at how we keep our customers’ radio networks running at full power:
The
Once you’ve invested in a two-way radio network for your business, you need a way to contain the costs that accompany an equipment purchase. Paying for parts and hiring technicians to repair radios, repeaters and base stations might not be a big deal if your business owns a small network that is not operations-critical to your business. But the larger your radio fleet is — and the more deeply it is integrated into your business — the greater the likelihood that an equipment failure will stick you with costly brea
The bigger a two-way radio network gets, the harder it becomes to keep everything up and running at peak efficiency. A sophisticated two-way radio network contains a web of radios, repeaters and transmitters that might connect hundreds of two-way radios. As more radio owners switch to digital transmissions, they are adding their radio networks to their Internet protocol, or IP, networks. That, in turn, integrates their digital transmissions into their wider IT infrastructure.
As a leading provider of two-way radio networks, BearCom has developed e
BearCom’s preventive maintenance plans are designed to reduce the likelihood of your two-way radio network failing when you need it most. These plans have four key benefits
Keeping equipment in top condition
Extending
There’s a force in the universe that we do not truly understand which seems to cause manufactured goods to malfunction at the most inconvenient time after the manufacturer’s warranty expires. That’s why BearCom offers warranties for up to three years beyond the factory warranties.
Respected two-way radio manufacturers will pay the cost of repairing defects that crept in on the assembly line, within limits. And no matter how hard these companies try to minimize defects (trust us, they try very hard), some
LKCM Headwater Investments completes agreement to purchase majority ownership in BearCom
August 15, 2014: Dallas, Texas — BearCom Group, Inc. (“BearCom” or the “Company”) recently announced that it has entered into a partnership with LKCM Headwater Investments (“Headwater”) to recapitalize and continue to grow Bearcom, which has been an industry leader for over 30 years. Headwater is the private investment arm of Luther King Capital Management (“LKCM”), a Fort Worth based investment firm founded in 1979 with approximately $15 billion in assets under management.
Each member of the current Bear
Acquiring a sophisticated communications network is not like buying a radio at your local big-box retailer. It requires patience, preparation and perseverance on your end and exacting attention to detail on ours to make sure you get the best return on your two-way radio investment.
Your network will have multiple components — radios, repeaters, cabling, headsets, antennas — that have to be special-ordered from multiple manufacturers, tested on our site, installed on your site and adjusted to iron out any unantic
It’s one thing to see the folks at your favorite fast-casual restaurant using radios to speed orders from the kitchen to your table. You realize, “yeah, that’s exactly why we need radios for our staff.” It’s quite another to confront the logistics of installing a two-way radio network in your workplace.
All of asudden you have to worry about:
Sometimes you have to carry a full-featured two-way radio, but you don’t want a bulky device at your side. In such a scenario, the Motorola SL7550 is ideal. It's thin, stylish and brimming with high-end digital communication features.
Part of the MOTOTRBO line from Motorola Solutions, the SL7550 is not much bigger than a smartphone and weighs about half as much as a standard two-
The Motorola XPR7550 is an advanced data-communication device built into a rugged, industrial-strength two-way radio.
The XPR7550 anchors the Motorola Solutions 7000 Series of high-performance two-way radios. They are part of the company’s MOTOTRBO line of digital communication products. It might look
The Motorola XPR7350 two-way radio is rugged, powerful and packed with the latest digital communications technology.
The XPR7350 is part of Motorola's 7000 Series of MOTOTRBO digital two-way radios, which feature technology that brings the digital age to construction sites, oil platforms, distribution centers and just about any other workplace where workers rely on sturdy push-to-talk radios.
Among the highlights:
GPS tracking — If your people face any kind of
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When you buy that new cellphone, within weeks something familiar happens: a new generation of phones arrives on the market with more power and better features. When you're looking for push-to-talk phones for business use, that let-down feeling can be avoided when you rent push-to-talk phones rather than buy them. Another attraction is that BearCom deals with all the fine print in the
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So you’ve picked out the radios you want to rent for your annual arts and crafts fair, but you’re not done yet. You still have to decide on the two-way radio accessories: batteries and chargers, earpieces and headsets, speaker microphones, and perhaps even surveillance kits for your security crew.
Every radio brand makes a host of accessories for specific radios. Typically, if you can rent the radio you can rent its accessories, but don’t assume. Make sure the model you’re renting has the accessories you need. Also, ask