Message from @redbeard
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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
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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
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
And have
I agree, but most people think $350 for a yeasu is expensive
Well you can’t conformal coat any of the button pads or inside the volume pot and that stuff WILL corrode
‘Most people’ will say that then spend 2k on an AR
So they just have a poor idea of what radio is and how much proper radio comms cost and act accordingly because of everyone acting like a buttfang is the holy grail
Really the o ly reason I run the baofeng iver any of my cp200 or the kenwood I have is they are front panel programmable and literally everyone uses them so I never know what channel I need to be on.
True FPP is a nice asset but when you put it in the hands of the unwashed you end up with paint ballers all talking shit unknowing on the local sheriff frequency
Lmfao... except VERY few government agencies aren't on P25 at this point... they usually just end up pissing off the local HAM club