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APX NEXT 700/800 MHz Short Whip Antenna
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My experience with Next series antennas has been that the plastic is slightly larger in diameter than the APX antennas and they do not screw down well. YMMV
devicelab
Whacker Extraordinaire
Probably not:
762-870 MHz, 5.9 inches
Compatible with APX N70, N50, N30
12 month warranty
I also found this:
Will the new antennas in APX NEXT (stubby single-band and flexible all-band) work with other APX family radios such as the APX 8000 and APX 6000?
No. The current APX antennas have the GPS hardware embedded. The APX NEXT antennas do not have GPS hardware because the hardware is located in the radio itself. This means that APX NEXT antennas cannot be used with other models of APX radios.
762-870 MHz, 5.9 inches
Compatible with APX N70, N50, N30
12 month warranty
I also found this:
Will the new antennas in APX NEXT (stubby single-band and flexible all-band) work with other APX family radios such as the APX 8000 and APX 6000?
No. The current APX antennas have the GPS hardware embedded. The APX NEXT antennas do not have GPS hardware because the hardware is located in the radio itself. This means that APX NEXT antennas cannot be used with other models of APX radios.
N4KVE
Member
But what if you never use, or plan to use GPS? On some of my APX radios I use older non GPS antennas because I never use GPS, & leave it turned off.
MTS2000des
5B2_BEE00 Czar
The N series antennas are threaded differently than the NEXT. So no, the N series antenna won't work on your 900.
OP are you talking about N series or NEXT? Because they use two separate antenna connectors. The antenna you speak of is for the N series and will not work on anything other than N series.
The APX6000 stubby however will fit on the NEXT but not at all on the N series as the connector was redesigned.
The APX6000 stubby however will fit on the NEXT but not at all on the N series as the connector was redesigned.
AN000392A01 NEXT
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The N50/70 antennas appear to be 2ng Gen+ TRBO antennas.
I have been using the UHF looking APX NEXT stubby 7/800 antenna for several years on an APX6000. Has the same RX and punch as a standard stubby spike, but doesn't get bent over and you can tug the radio out of the holster by the antenna Heh.
Paul
I have been using the UHF looking APX NEXT stubby 7/800 antenna for several years on an APX6000. Has the same RX and punch as a standard stubby spike, but doesn't get bent over and you can tug the radio out of the holster by the antenna Heh.
Paul
