Hi agrimm, I've got a HT750 & HT1250, and they are both pretty good radios. I've had the volume control fail, (actually one leg had a cold solder joint). That's for over 5 years of operation.
The LI-Ion batteries do pretty well.. lot's lighter than the ni-mh. They seem to last about a year in normal use all day & charge overnight. (use for FD/EMS) A drawback that most Mot radios seem to have is that they aren't waterproof, which may or may not make any difference to you. If you are looking for alternatives, we have been using the IC-F50Vs for about 4 years, and have had pretty good luck with them (about 30 units). They are 'waterproof' to 30 minutes, 3 meters - which suits our purposes. If you do your own programming, the software is way less expensive than the Mot solution. Just my 2cents. (most all my radios are Mot). Tim W5FN --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, "agrimm0034" <agrimm0...@...> wrote: > > I am looking for a nice, durable radio to add to my repeater system. I need > around 16 channels and my top choices are 1 HT750 2 CP200 3 the ICOM IC-F21. > The reason why I like Motorola is because of their durability and I own a > GP300 and have never had problems with it. Could I get some opinions on which > one to go with or some other radios of recomendation for my purpose >
