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The land mobile group is a division of RELM Corp. | The avionics group is a division of Honeywell Corp. | |
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RELM Wireless 7100 Technology Drive West Melbourne, FL 32904 800-821-2900 [email protected] | BendixKing by Honeywell 855-255-7027 |
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To get part numbers, call Bendix-King tech support at 800-422-6281 (then press '2'). Give them the radio model number and a description of the parts you need. Next, call a distributor and give them the Bendix-King part numbers. I personally dealt with '10-4 Communications' at 800-487-9576. I needed a speaker and some fuses. It was only $15 including the shipping, so BK prices are certainly reasonable.
'The BK LPH and PRC-127's can be used as tactical repeaters. The radios really work quite well as tactical repeaters because they have tuned, tracking front ends in the receiver as well as a wide dynamic range passive ring mixer. I have used these radios as 2 watt repeaters using flexible antennas and separated by only about 5 feet on the top of a Suburban with good results. There is minor desensitisation of the receiver and the use of PL tones is definitely recommended but the overall results were good. This setup requires only minor modification of existing circuitry within the radios and an interconnecting cable. It can also as a bi-diectional repeater linking two simplex frequencies.'
'All of the portable radio models except the 'L' series will require a factory only upgrade to increase the number of channels. For 'E' and 'G' series, a 28 channel upgrade costs $50.00 and a 210 channel upgrade costs $150.00. The 'D' series portable radios come standard with at least 240 channels.'
'The 'L' series radios require the addition of an accessory board to add an additional 14 channels but this board is obsolete and no longer available from RELM. The LPX is an early 800 MHz analog trunking radio that is obsolete and completely unsupported.'