Midland Radio

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Midland Radio Corporation

Founded	1959; 67 years ago (1959) in Kansas City, USA
Products	Two-way radio, citizens band radio
Website	www.midlandusa.com www.midlandeurope.com

Midland Radio Corporation, also called Midland Radio, or just Midland, is a manufacturing company based in Kansas City, Missouri. Midland makes radio communication products.

History and structure

Midland Radio Corporation was started in 1959. It is owned by private investors. Midland is the oldest U.S. manufacturer of citizens band radio systems.^[source?] In the 1990s, CTE International obtained a large share of the company.

Midland is headquartered in a facility in Kansas City, where it hosts their operations for the entire U.S.

Products

Midland makes, supplies, and imports both consumer and business radio communication products. They were the first to introduce a 14-channel FRS Radio to the market. Here is a view of their products:

NOAA Weather Radios:

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  NOAA stands for the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration. This agency is responsible for most of the weather forecasts about weather events.
• Midland has four different NOAA Weather Radios: The WR120, WR300, WR400 and the HH50B.

Emergency Alert Radios:

• This line of products alert consumers when there is a public or weather related emergency.
• The two main Emergency Alert products are the ER210 and ER310. Both come with hand cranks and solar for a durable, back up power source.
• Multiple power source options - USB, LED flashlight, hand crank and rechargeable batteries.

Two-Way Radios:

• Midland has four lines of two-way radios: X-Talker, LXT, GXT and XT511.

MicroMobile:

• High-Powered GMRS radios that can communicate with any Midland Two-Way radio.
• Midland Radio is the official communication sponsor of Jeep Jamboree, which switched from CB to MicroMobile Radios in 2021.

CB Radios:

• Midland offers classic and portable citizens band radios.

Business Radios:

• Midland has three product lines within their business area - Heavy Duty, Medium Duty and Light Duty.

Portable Power Archived 2021-09-28 at the Wayback Machine:

• The PPG1000 runs on a silent 924 Wh lithium-ion battery, which makes it a clean source of power and safe to use indoors as well as outdoors.
• The PPG1000 has enough power to run home appliances such as a coffee maker, blender and mini fridge.

Amateur Radios (Europe Only):

• Midland offers a Dual Band Amateur Two-Way Radio with UHF and VHF bands and NOAA weather channels.

References

See also

• NOAA Weather Radio
• Transmitter

Other websites

• USA site
• EU site

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