[Motorola] HT-1000 verses HT-1250

Tue, 29 Oct 2002 23:49:29 -0500 (EST)

Okay, well I have seen public safety agencies that are using the 1250s and
750s, and I don't know how many times they have ocntacted the Moto dealer
they are with, but that is the majority of this public safety department's
fleet, and the Merry mics and mobiles that I don't think are Motorola, or
iftthey are they are not what I would expect them to be using.  On the
other hand the university I was at in this town has pretty much all you
would expect them to have in a public safety operation in terms of
HT-1000s and HT-600s or MT-1000 radios and things like that, and part time
fire fighters using mainly Minitor II pagers.  With public safety though
using 1250s and things like taht how long do they typically last with that
kind of use?  I konw that when I took some gear to Dayton in spring it was
really in bad shape.

On Tue, 29 Oct 2002, tvsjr wrote:

> The biggest argument would be that the HT1000 is built on the Jedi platform
> - specifically designed for law enforcement/public safety use (a la
> MTS2000, MT2000), while the HT1250 is built on the Waris line, which really
> isn't designed for public safety use. It's much more simple to use, has no
> display to damage, less buttons, etc. I deal with a fleet of about 20
> radios, 50/50 HT1000 and HT1250. The HT1250s have the $hit beat out of them
> and have taken it well, but sure don't look good. The HT1000s look much better.
>
> That being said, he does need to consider that an HT1000 is limited to 16
> channels, one scan list, etc. The HT1250 is much more expandable.
>
> Furthermore, it wouldn't surprise me to see the HT1000 die soon. The MT2000
> and the MTX8000/9000 have already died, the HT1550 has an available Edit
> Mode (with the addition of the as-yet-unreleased battery) meaning a
> replacement to the JT1000, so only the MTS2000 and HT1000 are left. It
> would really suck to buy a few hundred of them, only for them to become
> unavailable (as Dallas did when they purchased hundreds of Saber 2Rs, only
> for them to become unavailable less than a year later, forcing them to
> XTS3000 or 3500 series ruggedized radios, which are bigger, more expensive,
> and pretty much suck compared to the Sabers.) Considering Motorola is
> trying to push all public safety users to the XTS platform, I could see the
> MTS2000 dying soon, and the HT1000 not far behind that. Unfortunately,
> Motorola has removed all the "real" public-safety radios (Gemini and Jedi
> platforms), and left us with the choice of a quasi-professional Waris or
> the obscenely-expensive XTS. And, the offerings from Kenwood and Vertex are
> becoming more and more attractive every day. I wonder if Motorola is going
> to shoot themselves in the foot in the radio industry like they did in the
> phone biz?
>
> Terry
>
> At 08:04 PM 10/29/2002 -0500, JEFFREY MICHAEL KENYON wrote:
> >Hi everyone.  I was asked by a friend of mine who is trying to dconvince
> >someone to switch from using mostly all HT-1250 radios to HT-1000 radios.
> >This is in a public safety operation, and what he is trying to do is
> >explain why the HT-1000 is better in terms of being used in public safety.
> >Any help would be appreciated, and thanks in advance.
> >
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