two way radios and cell phones?

I am currently using the Motorola CP150 radios for my employees at work I'm
looking at getting a new phone and wanted to know if there is a phone like
the VRS i750 or i550 plus that I can use to communicate with my employees
using the CP150 radios. I thought I read somewhere that you can get some
type of in-car repeater that would allow the two way radio on the phone to
transmit over the UHF frequency the CP150 are using. But for the life of me
I can't find any reference to it again. Does anyone here have any ideas?
I've emailed Motorola several times over the past few weeks with no
response.

THANKS

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"R. Doornbosch" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> I am currently using the Motorola CP150 radios for my employees at work I'm
> looking at getting a new phone and wanted to know if there is a phone like
> the VRS i750 or i550 plus that I can use to communicate with my employees
> using the CP150 radios. I thought I read somewhere that you can get some
> type of in-car repeater that would allow the two way radio on the phone to
> transmit over the UHF frequency the CP150 are using. But for the life of me
> I can't find any reference to it again. Does anyone here have any ideas?
> I've emailed Motorola several times over the past few weeks with no
> response.
>
> THANKS

This unit does it:
http://www.escambia-emergency.com/news/edics.htm
and costs about 10 grand and takes about 2 hours to set up. Other
than that there is no commercially available product.

Mark

"R. Doornbosch" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> I am currently using the Motorola CP150 radios for my employees at work I'm
> looking at getting a new phone and wanted to know if there is a phone like
> the VRS i750 or i550 plus that I can use to communicate with my employees
> using the CP150 radios. I thought I read somewhere that you can get some
> type of in-car repeater that would allow the two way radio on the phone to
> transmit over the UHF frequency the CP150 are using. But for the life of me
> I can't find any reference to it again. Does anyone here have any ideas?
> I've emailed Motorola several times over the past few weeks with no
> response.
>
> THANKS

This unit does it:
http://www.escambia-emergency.com/news/edics.htm
and costs about 10 grand and takes about 2 hours to set up. Other
than that there is no commercially available product.

Mark

NO

NO

On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 14:46:22 -0500, "R. Doornbosch"
<[email protected]> posted in alt.cellular.motorola:

>I am currently using the Motorola CP150 radios for my employees at work I'm
>looking at getting a new phone and wanted to know if there is a phone like
>the VRS i750 or i550 plus that I can use to communicate with my employees
>using the CP150 radios.

No. Cell phones and two way radios speak totally different languages.
--
Al - rukbat at optonline dot net

On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 14:46:22 -0500, "R. Doornbosch"
<[email protected]> posted in alt.cellular.motorola:

>I am currently using the Motorola CP150 radios for my employees at work I'm
>looking at getting a new phone and wanted to know if there is a phone like
>the VRS i750 or i550 plus that I can use to communicate with my employees
>using the CP150 radios.

No. Cell phones and two way radios speak totally different languages.
--
Al - rukbat at optonline dot net

On 23 Jan 2004 16:27:46 -0800, [email protected] (MarkF) posted in
alt.cellular.motorola:

>"R. Doornbosch" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
>> I am currently using the Motorola CP150 radios for my employees at work I'm
>> looking at getting a new phone and wanted to know if there is a phone like
>> the VRS i750 or i550 plus that I can use to communicate with my employees
>> using the CP150 radios. I thought I read somewhere that you can get some
>> type of in-car repeater that would allow the two way radio on the phone to
>> transmit over the UHF frequency the CP150 are using. But for the life of me
>> I can't find any reference to it again. Does anyone here have any ideas?
>> I've emailed Motorola several times over the past few weeks with no
>> response.
>>
>> THANKS
>
>This unit does it:
>http://www.escambia-emergency.com/news/edics.htm
>and costs about 10 grand and takes about 2 hours to set up. Other
>than that there is no commercially available product.

And you can't get a license to run it unless you happen to be a local
government.
--
Al - rukbat at optonline dot net

On 23 Jan 2004 16:27:46 -0800, [email protected] (MarkF) posted in
alt.cellular.motorola:

>"R. Doornbosch" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
>> I am currently using the Motorola CP150 radios for my employees at work I'm
>> looking at getting a new phone and wanted to know if there is a phone like
>> the VRS i750 or i550 plus that I can use to communicate with my employees
>> using the CP150 radios. I thought I read somewhere that you can get some
>> type of in-car repeater that would allow the two way radio on the phone to
>> transmit over the UHF frequency the CP150 are using. But for the life of me
>> I can't find any reference to it again. Does anyone here have any ideas?
>> I've emailed Motorola several times over the past few weeks with no
>> response.
>>
>> THANKS
>
>This unit does it:
>http://www.escambia-emergency.com/news/edics.htm
>and costs about 10 grand and takes about 2 hours to set up. Other
>than that there is no commercially available product.

And you can't get a license to run it unless you happen to be a local
government.
--
Al - rukbat at optonline dot net

In <[email protected]> Al Klein <[email protected]> writes:

>No. Cell phones and two way radios speak totally different languages.

not entirely 100% so... One of the quasi cellular companies
has announced they'll soon be shipping a unit that will, indeed,
allow for direct point-to-point radio-to-radio communication.

low power and short range, though.
..

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In <[email protected]> Al Klein <[email protected]> writes:

>No. Cell phones and two way radios speak totally different languages.

not entirely 100% so... One of the quasi cellular companies
has announced they'll soon be shipping a unit that will, indeed,
allow for direct point-to-point radio-to-radio communication.

low power and short range, though.
..

--
_____________________________________________________
Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key
[email protected]
[to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded]

Al Klein <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> On 23 Jan 2004 16:27:46 -0800, [email protected] (MarkF) posted in
> alt.cellular.motorola:
>
> >"R. Doornbosch" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> >> I am currently using the Motorola CP150 radios for my employees at work I'm
> >> looking at getting a new phone and wanted to know if there is a phone like
> >> the VRS i750 or i550 plus that I can use to communicate with my employees
> >> using the CP150 radios. I thought I read somewhere that you can get some
> >> type of in-car repeater that would allow the two way radio on the phone to
> >> transmit over the UHF frequency the CP150 are using. But for the life of me
> >> I can't find any reference to it again. Does anyone here have any ideas?
> >> I've emailed Motorola several times over the past few weeks with no
> >> response.
> >>
> >> THANKS
> >
> >This unit does it:
> >http://www.escambia-emergency.com/news/edics.htm
> >and costs about 10 grand and takes about 2 hours to set up. Other
> >than that there is no commercially available product.
>
> And you can't get a license to run it unless you happen to be a local
> government.


Not true, the EDICS doesn't require a license as it's only a software
audio switch. You can connect any band and almost any style radio to
it, including NEXTEL. Now yes you have to be licensed on the two way
radio bands that you operate on, but assuming that the origional
poster is using his CP150 legally he can use the EDICS to interconnect
to a NEXTEL. It's just a matter if he wants to pay the price.

Here is more information on the unit:

http://www.c-at.com/icripages/icrifaq.html

Mark

Al Klein <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> On 23 Jan 2004 16:27:46 -0800, [email protected] (MarkF) posted in
> alt.cellular.motorola:
>
> >"R. Doornbosch" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> >> I am currently using the Motorola CP150 radios for my employees at work I'm
> >> looking at getting a new phone and wanted to know if there is a phone like
> >> the VRS i750 or i550 plus that I can use to communicate with my employees
> >> using the CP150 radios. I thought I read somewhere that you can get some
> >> type of in-car repeater that would allow the two way radio on the phone to
> >> transmit over the UHF frequency the CP150 are using. But for the life of me
> >> I can't find any reference to it again. Does anyone here have any ideas?
> >> I've emailed Motorola several times over the past few weeks with no
> >> response.
> >>
> >> THANKS
> >
> >This unit does it:
> >http://www.escambia-emergency.com/news/edics.htm
> >and costs about 10 grand and takes about 2 hours to set up. Other
> >than that there is no commercially available product.
>
> And you can't get a license to run it unless you happen to be a local
> government.


Not true, the EDICS doesn't require a license as it's only a software
audio switch. You can connect any band and almost any style radio to
it, including NEXTEL. Now yes you have to be licensed on the two way
radio bands that you operate on, but assuming that the origional
poster is using his CP150 legally he can use the EDICS to interconnect
to a NEXTEL. It's just a matter if he wants to pay the price.

Here is more information on the unit:

http://www.c-at.com/icripages/icrifaq.html

Mark

On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 04:34:22 +0000 (UTC), danny burstein
<[email protected]> posted in alt.cellular.motorola:

>In <[email protected]> Al Klein <[email protected]> writes:

>>No. Cell phones and two way radios speak totally different languages.

>not entirely 100% so... One of the quasi cellular companies
>has announced they'll soon be shipping a unit that will, indeed,
>allow for direct point-to-point radio-to-radio communication.

>low power and short range, though.

That still wouldn't allow them to communicate with standard two-way
radios, even two-way radios on the same frequency, unless they're
going to be analog and simplex, which might be illegal. (I'd really
have to study the applicable sections to be sure.)
--
Al - rukbat at optonline dot net

On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 04:34:22 +0000 (UTC), danny burstein
<[email protected]> posted in alt.cellular.motorola:

>In <[email protected]> Al Klein <[email protected]> writes:

>>No. Cell phones and two way radios speak totally different languages.

>not entirely 100% so... One of the quasi cellular companies
>has announced they'll soon be shipping a unit that will, indeed,
>allow for direct point-to-point radio-to-radio communication.

>low power and short range, though.

That still wouldn't allow them to communicate with standard two-way
radios, even two-way radios on the same frequency, unless they're
going to be analog and simplex, which might be illegal. (I'd really
have to study the applicable sections to be sure.)
--
Al - rukbat at optonline dot net