Analogue (AM and then FM) two way radio has been commercially available for over 60 years in many countries, arguably it reached its peak, both in technology and sales volume between 2004 and 2014. The growth of digital radio has displaced analogue radio as the radio of choice for many comemrcial buyers, particularly as entry level digital radios can now be purchased for around the same price as a mid level analogue radios. 

 

Although parts of Europe and the UK in particular have somewhat turned their back on analogue two way radio many other parts of the world continue on with analogue radio, this includes many parts of Asia, Eastern and some remoter parts of Western Europe and the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and even the USA.

 

Analogue is not dead, it has been lying dormant for a few years and yet we get still get asked for analogue radios on a regular basis. Despite the "digital blurp and marketing" analogue can and does out perorm digital in some remote terrains and indeed even in some city locations. 

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At Wolfsin we like analogue two way radio! we never really wanted to give up on it and here are the reasons why.

 

Analogue audio sounds really good, life like, rich, clear, rounded, so much so you can easily identify by the sound and tone of a callers voice exactly who is calling, sometimes digital is so sythisysed that its impossible to tell who is calling. To the experienced or desperate* ear, the received audio of a good analouge two way radio is exactly what is required! 

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Analogue radio is really easy to use and understand with none of the sudden and near instant drop off in communication coverage experienced with digital radios, analogue may get "hissy" or even "hissy broken" but you can still discern the words spoken, digital gets "digital dalek or digital breathless" and hardly a word can be deciphered.

 

Analogue two way radio not only sounds better but it is easier to operate in remote locations and is easier to field test and workshop repair.

 

Analogue radio if professionaly manufactured and properly set up will achieve 95-96% coverage over ground as almost ANY digital radio. We have two analogue radios available and both achieve high IP67 ratings. 

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Why do customers ask for analogue radios? Reasons range from much better, more natural sounding audio (which they are used to), better over all value and believe it or not, better coverage in certain conditions. In many ways analogue radio is easier to manage, service and repair and the increased battery time often claimed for digital radio is only true on a single time slot back to back, otherwise there is not much real battery saving over analogue radio. 

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The next question is why Wolfsin analogue radio? We believe we have two exceptional analogue radios which give incredible ruggedness and reliability, increased analogue RF performance and much improved functionality and value.

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The new xxxx and the xxxx are our analogue radios both of which are very rugged and tough, excellent battery capacity, increased reliability, fully approved and great value.