I figure at this point for what we're doing we dont need to update anything because we will only ever have a few units at this point. In 2014 we had over 200 CP200's being used at many festivals, some at the same time between Florida and Vermont

But if it's easy enough, or doesn't cost a ton, why not. Probably dont need to do it to all 25 channels either

If you go through the effort to do it at all, just do them all so you aren’t limited later. That’s why I mention adding Trbo as well.

A local radio shop went around doing updates for narrowbanding and they added narrow, trbo, NXDN, and maybe one other to everyone’s license so they had the option to upsell them on whatever they could.

That same shop had a sales cunt there that tried to give me a hard time because I set up our dept radios and they didn’t make a penny off us. So after I left they took some radios to them and she tried to say I was illegally using a freq so they could charge them to remove it. I pulled up the license and showed them it was legit and pointed out it was them who did the license updates to allow it. Fucking sales people...

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I know what NXDN is... I'm not familiar with trbo, gotta look that up

Are Baofengs still legal to buy?

Without a license that is

I don't want a dead pup

Yes

Order here

https://baofengtech.com/

They are in the US and legitimate seller

> I looked them up after he posted earlier.... made me feel poor
@EDDSkitz - I'm just as poor then, because I could never justify spending the amount of money it would take to get even one XL200P. I'm very fortunate that my profession gives me toys, as any specialized position in any given industry does........and if it is any consolation I own a Baofeng and two pairs of FRS/GMRS radios, too.

@redbeard - Harris' RPM and RPM2 programming software are worlds apart from each other. Luckily the XL family can only be programmed with #2, which makes programming a radio a breeze compared to life under the original RPM. I have to stay current in RPM, though, because of legacy radios I come across from time to time.

@[VA] JediComms yeah, I figured they were a work thing. I get the same thing from people about my multi-thousand dollar collection of tools. Some very high dollar Fluke meters.

I also work in heavy industry so I also use Peltor comtac III's as my hearing protection.

@EDDSkitz - Nice! A coworker of mine adapted the Bose Vic 3 CVC to work with the legacy radios we have. If time ever permits he and I want to make the adapter to use the Bose with the XL, too.

Sweet... luckily we use kenwood radios at work, so my special amplified PTT works for them and the Baofeng I use when out doing innawoods stuff with the bois

I have a couple of Kenwood radios someone threw out at work last year, still in the box. They're UHF portables.....I just haven't taken the time to learn anything about them.

They are super basic, nothing special really... but workhorses

Well, if they are just the business band radios

I kinda figured. Since I have a MA/COM, Tyco, Ericsson, Harris collection of radios I am pretty covered in the following band splits: 136-174MHz, 335-380MHz, 378-470MHz, 440-512MHz, 450-522MHz, 764-870MHz, and 896-941MHz. I can do analog and P25Conventional and encrypt everything, too. I should spend time with the other brand radios I've collected over the years but the time........

Yeah, radios are an endless black hole

As an electrician I like learning the science, but radios for me are just a tool

I'm just the type that has to know everything about the tools I use

I'm a P25 Technician, been in the industry since 2012 and I am still learning stuff. I am a rock star with the terminals, becoming savvy with sites so I can get into the software side of them without breaking them, but I am still dangerous to the IP network side because I don't know what to touch/not touch without bringing the whole empire down......oops, wrong block, sorry! So I stay away from the Core........

Lmfao

Is that something that you went to school for?

I have a BA in Psych......

I started as a software tester and through internal training grew into my current career track.

Ah, okay

Engineers seek me out for my hands on knowledge.

I started as an industrial mechanic, just always been good with electrical and electronics, electricians in the industrial world are hard to come by, so I always ended up being the guy that got tasked with those jobs.

Making yourself a valued resource is good for the resume.

Absolutely

So I went to a vocational high school for Industrial maintenance, but ended up getting into the music industry and went on my first national tour between Jr and Sr year of high school. Graduated in 2001 and dove into the production world, spent 17 years doing that, worked my way up to running 60k people festivals. But the industry went full commie and I had to get out.

But I always did industrial electrician work in the off season, so I'm back doing that full time the last few years... kinda nice just collecting a check every week, vs chasing assholes down for your money.

I hate electrical because of the bite but I dive in when I have to fix something. Google and YouTube are my friends. I'm pretty good mechanically, I do a lot of my vehicle maintenance. I've split the case on a motorcycle engine and do all the maintenance on my fleet of bikes, did more than one engine swap on cars, have Frankenstein'd things to work from various parts......being self reliant saves money.

I work on cars too... had a 1992 eagle Talon that I completely rebuilt as a race car then sold.