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A couple of the guys at the FD are thinking about buying Minitor IV's. I suggested that they consider a CP200 due to the price being comparable to the Min IV. This would give them QCII and the ability to transmit.

Anyone familure with its transmitting capabilities? Good, Bad or whatever.

Thanks,
Mike

I would consider the ICOM f50 instead. Almost the same size as a minitor and is submersible. They ARE the same price as a minitor IV... Alot more radio for the money than a CP200


http://www.icomamerica.com/land_mobile/ ... 60main.asp

Thanks for the input. I have used damn near every radio out there. I have to say that I am partial to Motorola's.

Hold an f50 in one hand and a CP200 in the other. Tell me after that the CP200 doesn't feel like an FRS radio compared to the ICOM.

The FD that I work with (I am a county radio tech) prefers the F50s over an MT2000 for the sole reason of the submersible (Obviously the MT IS a better radio though). Talk out/in is the same, no one has broke one yet (the f50 came out in January), 128 channels, programming software and cable are under $80.

You might be partial to Moto, but if you are looking for a minitor sub, the F50 is 10x better than the motorola CP200.

I am a big believer in them obviously, I would reccomend you call up a dealer and ask for a demo.

Howard

One of the volunteer fire depts. I run with bought several CP200's. Personnaly, I am not impressed. Like you, I am partial to Motorola equipment, just not any of the newer stuff. Not very impressive at all. In fact, the Minitor IV ain't real good, either. I haven't had any experience with any of Icom's commercial equipment, so I can't say good or bad, but I do know that the Kenwood TK-272 is a good one (QCII decode and encode!), and the Vertex VX180 seems pretty good, too.

I did leave out that I need MDC1200 caps. The only problem from what I see on the Kenwood is that this requires an option board for MDC and ICOM does not appear that it is able to do MDC at all. If I am wrong on ICOM, please point me in the right direction. If ICOM offers MDC as an option, whats the price diff.

Mike