DMR and NXDN

[MajorRewind33]

Are there any radios, brand doesn't matter, that are capable of DMR and NXDN in the same radio? We have one agency that is NXDN, all other agencies are mototrbo. Apologies if this information is in another forum. I have searched and been unable to find anything other than possibly a Kenwood NX-5000 series.

 

[tweiss3]

The only one is the Kenwood NX-5X00 series. The NX-3X00 series can do one or the other, but not both like the NX-5X00.

 

[mmckenna]

Yeah, as of right now, if you want to run BOTH NXDN and DMR, you need to go with the Kenwood NX-5000 line.

The NX-3000 will do analog + DMR -OR- analog + NXDN, depending on how you program it. It will NOT let you run DMR and NXDN in the same codeplug.

Other/cheaper option may be to buy a Kenwood NX-1700 or 1800 in analog + NXDN and a second one in analog + DMR.

But, yeah, NX-5000 line will let you run analog + any two digital modes at the same time. P25, DMR, NXDN. Will -not- let you run all three.

The only other major NXDN manufacturer is Icom, and they don't have anything that will do that.

 

[speedway_navigator]

Unless you need simplex would a JPS patch at the console / tower site be an alternative?

 

[MajorRewind33]

Nothing that elaborate speedway, just needing a few radios for contacting both agencies if needed. After getting a quote on the NX-5000 series, the NX-1300 is looking like a better option. We currently use Motorola XPR-3500e radios for all local agencies except the one. No sense spending big money for radios when I can buy an XPR and a NX1300 and still be under the price of a NX-5000 series. I do appreciate all the responses.