I was curious as to what some of the more experienced persons on this board thought of this model radio. The radio would be used for personal use is a somewhat harsh environment.
I would be interested in hearing about ease of programming (and whether or not the cost of RSS material available through the big M is prohibitive for an individual), durability, battery life and any other feedback or opinions one could provide.
Thank You.
Visar UHF w/DTMF - opinions sought
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The HT1000 is a good radio, the software is expensive,I dont recommend buying the RSS unless you plan on reprogramming the radio alot or programming for others, it is not the easiest software, once you get it down it is not too bad, these radios hold up well, and have options like MDC1200, QCII decode, GE star, scan, PL/DPL/CSQ, some do DTMF, the batteries are not bad, chargers and replacement batteries are easy to find, these radios hold up better than the new warris series, but the HT1250 will do QCII encode where as the HT1000 wont, but not many people need to do that format in encode.
these are just my thoughts
Ben
these are just my thoughts
Ben
part two,
the motorola visar seem to be fairly good radios, small, light weight, but I dont think they hold up as well,I have found the batteries dont normally last a full shift,
it is not always the greatest when trying to change channels, if you dont hit the ch selector buttons just right it wont change the channel,not good if you are used to changing the channel when driveing or when radio is worn on the belt, you dont have clicks to go by , but other than that I had one for awhile and thought it to be a fair radio, I replaced mine with a MT2000
Ben
the motorola visar seem to be fairly good radios, small, light weight, but I dont think they hold up as well,I have found the batteries dont normally last a full shift,
it is not always the greatest when trying to change channels, if you dont hit the ch selector buttons just right it wont change the channel,not good if you are used to changing the channel when driveing or when radio is worn on the belt, you dont have clicks to go by , but other than that I had one for awhile and thought it to be a fair radio, I replaced mine with a MT2000
Ben
The Visar works well and with the ultra high cap battery has good battery life. However, it is not a very durable radio. If there is any moisture, metal filings, or a lot of dirt, forget it, you will have problems. They can take a fair amount of abuse if they are used in a clean office type environment. Another thing, use a case. It will double the service life of your radio. As far as programming, they are easy to program. Nothing unusual, standard motorola RSS.
Hello,
I traded my Visar in for an HT-1000 as I was unhappy with the audio quality coming from such a small speaker, Try using a speaker mic and it sounds even worse. It was a good little radio and I never had problems with battery life or channel changing but the but the audio really was not very good.
Astro Lover
I traded my Visar in for an HT-1000 as I was unhappy with the audio quality coming from such a small speaker, Try using a speaker mic and it sounds even worse. It was a good little radio and I never had problems with battery life or channel changing but the but the audio really was not very good.
Astro Lover
The main problem with a Visar from a technical point of view is the fact that the controller board is on the outer case of the radio. The instant that the case flexes the board is screwed. This is especially true with DTMF Visars, as they have less plastic and therefore less rigidity. It will flex and if you are lucky it will not break the first time.
They are nice looking radios though. Very expensive for what they are too.
JT
They are nice looking radios though. Very expensive for what they are too.
JT