NOKIA R40

A very tidy radio which, with a little modification to the control head, can support direct frequency entry. This radio has the nicest and most ergonomic control head - all the required functions seem to be in the right place - or so the Nokia adherents claim!

The Electricity and Gas Industries both used this radio, along with the older R58 which looked a bit like a 1980s Analogue mobile phone. Ex-JRC models in the secondhand market will be either MidBand or UHF (both UHF1 and UHF2 models were in use). There are no more Nokia-based JRC UHF Trunked systems in use now. Any UHF sets found will be ex-Gas, so if it's not a gas set it will most likely be a VHF Mid-Band one. Transco recently shut down its MidBand networks, so there could be a rush of MidBand R40s on the second-hand market. Keep your eyes peeled!

Storno, Motorola, Nokia, Mobira: It's all here (what little there is): http://oh3tr.ele.tut.fi/english/modifications.html#r40

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