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There is a rule that goes: if it's too good to be true it probably is.Motorola Development Primer Motorola Development PrimerIf you are usually brand-new to programming Motorola 2-way radios, these are the stuff you should know.A common misconception can be that you simply construct a wire for your radio, plug it into the serial port of your personal computer and you are usually ready to plan. If you are unsure about your purchase, contact Motorola. How do I make sure that whatever I get is genuine? Always buy from an authorized Motorola Channel Partner. Radios like this are, in most cases shipped CPT or EXW, so the importer has to pay duties - in Germany this can amount to €36 if the shipment doesn't get stopped. Motorola DP1400 MTBF ≈ 100000 hours | MSRP ≈ €180 | 5 year total cost of ownership ≈ €260 The radio will last for at least 5 years (ceteris paribus). Don't forget about downtime.īy comparison, the entry-level Motorola DP1400 has a MTBF of around 100000 hours (five times longer than the 伪造) so you'd probably only have to replace the battery after 2-3 years. So after two years you buy another one, and after the fifth year (which sort of the industry average for asset replacement) you've had to replace the radio three times. So if you are using these radios 24-7 they will fail with the first two years of use (best case). I estimate the mean time between failures to be in the order of 15000 hours. Yeah, these things are so damn cheap, if it breaks, why not just buy another one? Based on my own analysis and on user feedback, radios like these are really poorly made. I'm not in Europe? Radios like this probably also don't not meet FCC and other regulatory requirements either. WEEE ensures that when you part ways with your product, it can be safely dismantled and recycled. Having a RED compliant radio communications product ensures that it wont interfere with another system (or services) and that other systems will not interfere with it.Ī RoHS2 compliant product will not contain materials that could be dangerous to your health and the environment.
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It works, why should I care about CE and RED? In Europe, that's the law. A product bearing the CE mark conforms with health, safety and environmental protection standards defined in the EU RED RoHS2 and WEEE directives. Safety? For those of you living in one of the EEA countries (and Turkey), the radios do not meet the requirements to bear the CE mark. These radios also probably present a safety risk. Because there is no after-sales service, the consumer is often left high-and-dry with non-functional communications equipment and nobody to help them. Since radios like this are of such poor quality, the average failure rate must be 5-20 times greater than a genuine Motorola radio. Why should we be bothered? For the consumer (now I'm referring to end users with no industry-specific knowledge), there would be no way for them to reasonably tell the difference between a genuine product and a fake. Why are these radios so cheap? The reasons are numerous: no R&D required, just copy-copy-copy extremely low labour costs cheap materials and components no after-sales service needed hence no overhead imported and sold by fly-by-night-traders goods sold ex-works (importer usually pays freight and customs) etc. Why would anyone want to do this? The 山寨-branded MT-777 sells for around $30 whereas if one were to stick a Motorola badge on it and drop it into a Motorola box, one can ask >$90 for the same thing. So what's the big deal? Well, the MT-777 seems to be made in some, way below par, Chinese factory and somewhere along the way, gets a Motorola badge and finds its way into a Motorola branded box. It could also be considered as fraud as the seller might be knowingly passing off these radios as the real McCoy. What do I mean by fake? This product uses the Motorola logo and/or name which is an infringement on the the trademark of Motorola Solutions. I've done my own research and I can assure you that this radio is 100% fake.
#Motorola mt 777 portable#
Every so often I get asked about a Motorola MT-777 portable two-way radio.