Identification help: Bearcom (Motorola BC120)
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Identification help: Bearcom (Motorola BC120)
We just started using some new radios in one of our departments at work. They are from Bearcom and on them say "Bearcom, by Motorola". The identifier on the front is "BC120". Does anyone know what this would an equivelent to in a regular Motorola radio? It looks like the CP125 and the AXU4100, but has more channels.
http://www.bearcom.com/ecatalog/product ... t=Handheld
Bearcom seems to do this with a few of the radios. Any help would be appreciated.
http://www.bearcom.com/ecatalog/product ... t=Handheld
Bearcom seems to do this with a few of the radios. Any help would be appreciated.
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Re: Identification help: Bearcom (Motorola BC120)
It's a programmable radio and the frequencies could be anything in the band it is, either VHF or UHF...
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It is more like the VL130. Bearcom is starting to do like what Radio Shack use to do. Have someone build the product but buy the rights for them to slap on there name.
Also please tell all of us that you are only using these radios for like maint work or something else besides EMS/Fire/Law.
The director of our ambulance service, who is such a tight a$$ with money, wanted to buy these radios for our first responders to use because they were so cheap. He said we could buy two of these compared to what a pager or other portable radio costs.
I had to advise him that he was dumb and these are not meant for PS use.
BUt it is basically a VL130. They are a nice radio for my family to use instead of FRS/GMRS or not vital business comms.
Also please tell all of us that you are only using these radios for like maint work or something else besides EMS/Fire/Law.
The director of our ambulance service, who is such a tight a$$ with money, wanted to buy these radios for our first responders to use because they were so cheap. He said we could buy two of these compared to what a pager or other portable radio costs.
I had to advise him that he was dumb and these are not meant for PS use.
BUt it is basically a VL130. They are a nice radio for my family to use instead of FRS/GMRS or not vital business comms.
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Indeed, it's a product made "for" motorola, not "by" motorola as per the back of my GP2000. I like my GP2000 a lot, and it makes a good 2-meter ham transceiver, but I still prefer my HT1250 over it.Will wrote:Can you spell GLORIFIED FRS radio?
POS, we all know what that is, and that Bearcrudd is the biggest whore in the industry.
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We're using these for office and maintence personnel. There is no way I would carry something like that for PS use. I can't speak to their quality as I haven't used them or got any feedback yet from the users.
They are a glorified FRS radio, but I'll solicit some feedback. I know they are using them on one of our repeaters, so I'll have to take a listen for one of those units.
VL130 is exactly what it is w/ a different sticker. The specs match up pretty good.
They are a glorified FRS radio, but I'll solicit some feedback. I know they are using them on one of our repeaters, so I'll have to take a listen for one of those units.
VL130 is exactly what it is w/ a different sticker. The specs match up pretty good.
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Okay so we needed these radios repogrammed and took them to the local Motorola shop. They said that they cannot do them and they need to go to Bearcom. What is the difference between these and the VL130, you can't tell me the programming is that different that they cannot be done. This is more of hassel than these are worth to ship them back and wait for programming.
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If anyone can help, I'd be interested. I'm looking for a semi-quick turnaround (quicker than sending back to Texas and waiting for BC to send back). Will pay up front and willing to ship. If anyone knows of a shop let me know that too. I've got four units I'm sitting on and much rather support someone on here than BC. Thanks.