Officials in my area have recently said that they are testing apx portables and mobiles. My question is does this indicate to anyone on here automatically what kind of p25 system they might be going to? They are currently using a smartnet system and have xts portables that they will be turning in for a credit. What if anything does this tell someone on here that knows more about Motorola's than I do? Thanks for your help.
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Motorola is only rolling out P25 systems now (aside from TRBO, which APX radios aren't capable of). They are usually 7/800 MHZ, but could be V/UHF too. They might start out Phase 1 is they plan on using existing radios during the transition, or they might just go straight to Phase 2. There's really no way to tell from an outsiders point of view until they actually build out the system and start testing it and see what phase they use. Radios are usually backwards compatible, so even though they might bought and enabled P2 in the radio, they'll still work with legacy 3600 and P1 systems.
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