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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Motorla quality shines through!, March 24, 2003
By A Customer
There are a lot of cheaper, lower quality FRS radios out there, but if you demand the best, the T7200 is the way to go. Keep in mind that this radio is a FRS (Family Radio Service) and GMRS (General Mobile Radio Service) combination, so to operate on the GMRS/2-watt channels you will need to obtain an FCC license. Channels 8-14 are standard, 1/2 watt FRS channels. The radio is rugged, with excellent ergonomics. And just to wet your whistle the radio comes with two easily replaceable snap-in faceplates, giving you the choice of yellow, chamo, and dark green. It also comes with a very practical plastic holster which locks the radio in place, and it has a spring-loaded, swivel belt clip. This radio is Motorola quality all the way. I personally like the larger size of this model, because it offers better audio, a better feel, and is less likely to get lost. Speaking of audio, the T72000 incorporates digital processing which virtually eliminates static except on the weakest signals. The resulting sound is loud, rich and crisp. There are three codes of voice-inversion scrambling to enhance privacy. I stress enhance, because people with scanners won't understand you, but other FRS users with the scrambler feature might be able to monitor you. Two more great features are the option of NiMH battery OR standard AA batteries, and the signal strength indicator, which shows a numerical value from 1-9. The only complaints I have about this radio, trivial as they may be, is the channel scan rate is a little slow, and the red backlight is a little hard to read at night. Green or yellow would have been better. If you want a full-featured, professional-grade radio, the T7200 is a stellar performer.
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29 of 30 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent performance within range limits, August 12, 2003
By A Customer
I purchased these radios for use in a heavily wooded, hilly state park in West Virginia that has no cell service. They performed very well up to about 1.5 miles. After that the performance varied depending on terrain. Each of three families had one yellow radio in their cabin and we kept them on continuously for one week (much of the time in the charging cradle).These radios can be used in voice activated mode without accessories, and hence can be used as a reliable baby monitor, for eg (although going 1.5 miles from your sleeping child may not be such a good idea). Turning off the tone-coded squelch (interference eliminator codes) seems to increase the range a bit since you don't miss weak messages. In rural areas you will be alone on the channel anyway. We also have a pair of motorola T5820 1 watt radios. Those radios, while smaller, had a range that was about half of the T7200s and had inferior sound (although more then passable). The T5820 did not have the eavesdrop reducer code feature so we turned that feature off on the T7200s as well. Battery life on the T7200s using NiMH is as advertised (13 hr or so in standard use). The charging cradle works well for these radios. you can charge the radio while it is still in its belt holtster and you can leave the radio on so you won't miss messages. Note that w/o the charging cradle, you can't charge the radio and leave it in voice-activated mode turned on because you charge it through the headphone accessory port and that cuts out the speaker. So the cradle is really needed for extended use. The main limitation of these radios is figuring out a use for them. In most places cell phones work better (if a little less fun) and are much smaller. we used the T7200s while tandem driving and that was fun. i think a headset would make them even better for that use (we did not have headsets). In terms of size, they are definitely big enough that you are aware that the radio is hanging from your belt. I was able to play golf with the radio in the belt clip, however, without any problem.
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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A class act, January 10, 2003
I've had several two-way radios over the years. I use them mostly for car co-ordination when traveling in groups, at work when I go out to the plant and out into our 5 acre lot checking out trailers. It's very easy to tell that this is one tough walkie-talkie. I like the fact that this model includes a rechargable nickle metal hydride battery, but you can pop in 4 AA batteries if the NiMH battery runs dry. The display is large and easy to read. The display cover appears to be mineral glass and not the cheap plastic that I've been disappointed with on less expensive competing models. There is also a very noticeable difference in the sound quality and clarity as compared to my previous two-way radios. Definitely a quality product, but at a price. If you use your two-way radios on a fairly regular basis, and you want it to last, this is a definite contender.
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