I have been asked which radios I bought in lieu of hammy mobiles and HT's. My two Kenwood mobiles are TK7180(VHF), and TK8180(UHF). The Motorola mobiles are CDM1550, and the HT's HT1250. I got pretty prices on the Kenwoods because one of the members in my Cactus Intertie affiliate of which I was president for 11 years, owns a two way radio business serving both commercial and governmental customers. One thing that I should have said is that the Kenwood mobiles have an optional voice board. I think that each of the radios, with the optional voice board, cost me around $750. The Motorola mobiles and HT's were bought for me by another friend who installs and services the radios in all of the Phoenix area fire departments. While I don't remember exactly what they ran me, it was pretty steep. And of course, you have to buy the programming cables and software, so you got to be fairly serious about buying commercial radios instead of hammy ones. BTW, the Motorola HT's were what I used in the now famous demolition derby experience I had, and about which I wrote an article in the Braille Monitor. I was a bit surprised that they wanted to publish the article in light of the fact that I am not a member of the NFB, or any other blindness related outfit. Alan R. Downing Phoenix, AZ