Have Apx-7500 Mobile radio that needs to have Vhf band Enabled and was wondering if anyone had steps need to Enable the vhf band. If it can't be posted here, please send me PM and we can talk in PM or email.
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Motorola APX-7500 question
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Does it have the VHF RF board installed?
I’m guessing that would be a no as I don’t envision someone ordering one as dual band and not enabling one band.
Some how my Local Fire/Ems agency, had a 700/800 Mhz band Enabled radio installed on one of there new units and wanted me to do flash upgrade and have Vhf Band Enabled. I haven't done a flash upgrade on Motorola before and wanted to get correct info, so its done right.
I'm not sure if the Vhf RF board is installed in the mobile radio.
I'm not sure if the Vhf RF board is installed in the mobile radio.
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Installed recently?
What bands are configured at the moment? Just 7/800 MHz?
What bands are configured at the moment? Just 7/800 MHz?
All 7x00 radios were required to be ordered with two bands selected. You didn't have to pay to have them both enabled, but you had to specify both, as the RF boards in the 7x00 series were paired up; there was no RF board that only had hardware for a single band. There were 6 possible combinations:
VHF/UHF1
VHF/UHF2
VHF/700/800
UHF1/UHF2
UHF1/700/800
UHF2/800/800
In order to enable the second band, you need GA00579 Enable Dual Band Operation. Whether or not you can legally obtain a flash upgrade for that, you'll have to contact a dealer or MSI or whomever.
VHF/UHF1
VHF/UHF2
VHF/700/800
UHF1/UHF2
UHF1/700/800
UHF2/800/800
In order to enable the second band, you need GA00579 Enable Dual Band Operation. Whether or not you can legally obtain a flash upgrade for that, you'll have to contact a dealer or MSI or whomever.
The radio was Installed in the unit back in sept of this year. The radio has VHF,UHF1.UHF2,700,800 MHZ.
The Enabled band at this time is 700/800 Mhz. I was told that Motorola tech says it has VHF RF board, so to enable second band GA00579 Enable Dual Band Operation would need to be obtained?
The Enabled band at this time is 700/800 Mhz. I was told that Motorola tech says it has VHF RF board, so to enable second band GA00579 Enable Dual Band Operation would need to be obtained?
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Project25_MASTR
Millennial Graying OBT Guy
See GTR's reply.
7500 or 8500?
I sit corrected.
Uhhh...that would be an 8500, my guy. The 7500 were only capable of two bands at a time.
Why would anyone buy a 7000 series with only one band enabled? That makes no sense.
For starters, the 7x00 series came out a few years before the 6x00 series, and so it was the only APX available for a while. Agencies that wanted to upgrade from the ASTRO 25 series (XTL/XTS) but didn't need dual-band capability could order the 7x00 with only one of the band enabled to save some money. I don't recall how much it costs back in 2009/2010 when the 7x00 was released, but the current list price for GA/QA00579 is $1,150 (probably down to around $800 or so with state contract/discount pricing).
Do the math...if ordering hundreds of them, that adds up very quickly. Same reason why some agencies order the 8x00 without every band enabled. You save $800 per deleted band in the 8x00 series.
Ohhh that makes total sense, I was not aware the 6000 came out after the 7000. Very interesting.
Yup. I don't recall the exact timeline, but I believe it was 2009 for the 7000 and 2011 for the 6000.
Just found this in my notes...
Aug 2009 APX 7000
Oct 2009 APX 7500
Aug 2010 APX 7000 XE
Dec 2010 APX 6000
Sep 2011 APX 6000 XE
Dec 2011 APX 6500
Just found this in my notes...
Aug 2009 APX 7000
Oct 2009 APX 7500
Aug 2010 APX 7000 XE
Dec 2010 APX 6000
Sep 2011 APX 6000 XE
Dec 2011 APX 6500
Uh...no, you've got that backwards.
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