Message from @redbeard
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APX 7000 with vhf and uhf range 1 and the FPP option is ideal. Or an APX 8000 with vhf/uhf full/and 7/800.
I traded an XPR 5550 vhf mobile for it, so I’d say about $500ish
I priced out a 6k a while back just for shits and it was like 2500 or something
Was just wondering if the uhf only stuff is cheaper
But that also was with the software
Our software for the CP200's was like 800 bucks 8 years ago
My 7000 xe was $2400, brand new sold out the back door of the federal depot haha
Lmfao
Software is all online so pirate copies are easily obtained
And I have depot level software so I can activate all required features without paying for them
Do you know if the encryption is on the non 700/800 models? I know you're not supposed to use it on 500, but ya know....🤷♂️
Oh, I guess that would be software locked huh?
You can use it on any freq the radio is capable of. We run aes 256 on FRS all the time lol
😂
Okay, maybe I'll have to look into a few of the lower end models again
There’s a lot of surplus XTS 5000 out there worth grabbing
Was just on ebay... lots of 4k 400-512's out there for 500-600
Would just need a programming cable and NATO wired PTT for my peltors
Yeah and that
...
That’s nice because these radios are meant to work with all that hot shit operator gear like peltors
So adapters are easy to find and work properly
Yeah, I have some specialty gear made for the baofengs to work with all that
Amplified PTT and vest mounted antenna
The up side is we use kenwoods at work and I use my peltors there too, so same PTT
:barf
Yeah, but they work 🤷♂️
I had 150 Motorola CP200's until a few years ago
So do Hi-Points but nobody is telling people to buy them in the armory lol
When I sold them that's when I was looking at buying a couple APX's
Cp200 has been a workhorse for awhile in the business world
I mean, think what you want but they work
But even Motorola makes the distinctions between business radio and mission critical radio
Yeah, but I've destroyed more 200's than uv-5r 😂
Yeah, I'm probably gonna grab 2 of these 4k's
I don’t think ‘work’ means what you think it does haha. How’s the desense from nearby transmitters? How’s the spurious emissions that are wasting your output power?
That two pin mic connector is no where near water resistant, it’s a funnel to pour water straight onto the internal pc board
Yeah, but most people never notice that stuff
“The more you know”
I open all mine up and use conformal coating, I can drop mine in the water
People don’t know what they don’t know and everyone skipping by all those major defects doesn’t teach anyone