http://blog.commusa.com Motorola Two Way Radio news, reviews and tips. Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:48:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Motorola is currently running a couple of cost saving promotions through the end of June. Here are the offers: Offer 1: Save $25 on each Motorola CP200, PR400, CM200, CM300 and PM400 radios*. Offer valid for up to 50 radios, that's a savings of $1,250.00. Offer valid until June 30. Offer ... http://blog.commusa.com/two-way-radio/mototrbo/motorola-two-way-radio-promotions/ Motorola recently announced that they are discontinuing the Motorola CP100. This two way radio is being replaced by a more versatile, business radio, the Motorola CP110. The CP110 is a dramatic improvement over the CP100. One of the biggest upgrades to the CP110 is that it has a durable, water ... http://blog.commusa.com/two-way-radio/motorola-discontinuing-the-cp100/ Motorola Expert Series (EX600, EX560XLS and EX600 radios) recently had a battery option discontinued. The JMNN4025_R NiMH 700 mAh Intrinsically Safe FM for the EX series of radios will be cancelled as of 5/26/08. The replacement is the PMNN4073_A Li-ion 1400 mAh Intrinsically Safe FM for EX500 & ... http://blog.commusa.com/two-way-radio/motorola-ex-series-two-way-radios/expert-series-battery-cancellation/ We frequently receive questions from two way radio users in regards to FCC licensing. They wonder whether or not they are required to license their radios with the FCC. Technically, every radio used in a business should be licensed with the FCC. The good news is that a simplex, ... http://blog.commusa.com/two-way-radio/fcc-licensing/ Traditionally, the 2 way radio industry isn't an industry that you need to follow on a daily basis. In fact, if you were an avid 2 way radio user, and happened to get stuck on a deserted island for a couple of years...you didn't miss much. It all changed in 2007. ... http://blog.commusa.com/two-way-radio/mototrbo/the-year-in-review-for-2-way-radios/ Motorola announced on Monday that they had acquired controlling interest in Vertex Standard. The purchase price is approximately $108 million. Vertex Standard will continue to sell their products under their current name. It's too early to know how it will effect each brands 2-way radio product lines. We'll post ... http://blog.commusa.com/two-way-radio/motorola-aquires-vertex-standard/ Do you remember the walkie talkie reference from the infamous 1995 movie, Tommy Boy? Let me refresh your memory: Tommy: I left a message. Richard Hayden: A message? What number did you call? Tommy: Two, four, niner, five, six, seven... Richard Hayden: I can't hear you, you're trailing off and did I catch ... http://blog.commusa.com/two-way-radio/walkie-talkie-lingo/ 10. IMPRES™ batteries have a memory chip that stores the batteries usage information. This chip saves radio users time by not requiring them to manually record battery use. 9. The cycle life (number of times the battery is used) is optimized with IMPRES™ batteries, which maximizes talk time. 8. IMPRES™ batteries ... http://blog.commusa.com/two-way-radio/top-10-reasons-to-power-your-2-way-radios-with-motorola-impres-batteries/ A couple of posts ago, I wrote that we donated two way radios to the BOMA San Diego work party. Pedro Anaya, Associate Executive Director for the Jackie Robinson Family YMCA, recently commented on the BPR 40 radios: “The radios have made our work at the YMCA much smoother as we ... http://blog.commusa.com/announcements/knowing-your-two-way-radios-are-in-good-hands/ Motorola has coined the term IMPRES as their exclusive technology for enhanced two way radio products. IMPRES batteries have actually been around for a while now, as they started in 2001 on high tier radios. IMPRES audio accessories, on the other hand, have recently been introduced with the release of ... http://blog.commusa.com/two-way-radio/mototrbo/introducing-impres-audio/