A Study on the Advantages and Disadvantages of Handheld Radio

Authors

  • John Mark Jonathan V. Rubio

Keywords:

a handheld radio

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

In every emergency, quick and efficient communication is the highest importance. It is vital to alert everyone as quickly as possible if there is a danger or risk in safety. In common palaces, mobile phones have become a necessity in today's society. In this study, the researcher findsthe advantages and disadvantages of the handheld radio over the cellular phone that is solidly grounded with analysis of findings.

 

METHODS

The binary question was used when conducting the survey. This is to study the advantages and disadvantages of handheld radio over the cellular phone. The researchers used 12 police officers in the municipality and 4 barangay officials as the respondents of this research. Using frequency, percentage, and ranking, findings were revealed.

 

RESULTS

The survey showed that the top two advantages of handheld radio over the cellular phone where it saves more money since it has no monthly fee for usage and handheld radio has a lower cost than cellular phones. While the top two disadvantages were handheld radio does not have large features and it cannot access in long-distance travel. The researchers calculated the frequency and percentage of the result collected from the respondents.

 

DISCUSSIONS

The analysis of the data revealed that it is very efficient to use handheld radio for communication. We recommend that it is very important to have this at home in case of an emergency. This will serve as a good way to reach family members, especially during emergency cases, since it has only one function which is for communication.

Published

2019-01-18