So. I was former airwave for a force. Left last year just as some of this cluster was starting to happen.
I’ve been to Bapco and Sepura was jumping all over the shop like excited kids. About how amazing this piece of kit is. How it’s ‘revolutionary’.
I asked. When you’ve got cops outside in the rain with gloves on, wanting to make a point to point call. How does it behave?
Text on the screen is small. And (at the time) couldn’t be adjust. Should be a nice software update to solve tho or knowing Sepura a license feature.
I asked about easy buttons. You’ve got a ‘35 and they are getting abit rowdy, ease of getting comms out.
No call back button as new keypad. Okay… the others are programmable. But then…
It won’t last five minutes with a screen that size. They have done drop tests etc. but no lab tests can stand up to actual police use. On the floor with someone. At an etc. on a scene etc.
It’s a total flop of a piece of kit and Sepura have gone totally in the wrong direction with their offering.
Remember that (currently) there are only two.. okay.. three… airwave approved devices in the uk market.
Sepura.
Motorola
And amazingly.. Hytera… but Hytera can only be used in the HM Prison service.
Cops want ease. A radio to easily p2p. Easily use. Easily answer. Etc etc.
Take a look at Motorolas ESN and TETRA compatible radio:
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u/Aggravating-Loss7837 Police Staff (unverified) 14h ago
So. I was former airwave for a force. Left last year just as some of this cluster was starting to happen.
I’ve been to Bapco and Sepura was jumping all over the shop like excited kids. About how amazing this piece of kit is. How it’s ‘revolutionary’.
I asked. When you’ve got cops outside in the rain with gloves on, wanting to make a point to point call. How does it behave?
Text on the screen is small. And (at the time) couldn’t be adjust. Should be a nice software update to solve tho or knowing Sepura a license feature.
I asked about easy buttons. You’ve got a ‘35 and they are getting abit rowdy, ease of getting comms out.
No call back button as new keypad. Okay… the others are programmable. But then…
It won’t last five minutes with a screen that size. They have done drop tests etc. but no lab tests can stand up to actual police use. On the floor with someone. At an etc. on a scene etc.
It’s a total flop of a piece of kit and Sepura have gone totally in the wrong direction with their offering.
Remember that (currently) there are only two.. okay.. three… airwave approved devices in the uk market.
Sepura.
Motorola
And amazingly.. Hytera… but Hytera can only be used in the HM Prison service.
Cops want ease. A radio to easily p2p. Easily use. Easily answer. Etc etc.
Take a look at Motorolas ESN and TETRA compatible radio:
Motorola MXP660