Portable Radio seen on Drill Sgt. at Fort Benning in a video

[CopperWhopper67]

Hello All,

I spotted a handheld radio clipped to the waist of a drill sergeant in a YouTube video and was wondering if someone can help me identify it.

5 minutes and 26 seconds in

Thank you

 

[hill]

With all the frequencies listed as control channels my guess would be some kind of Harris radio. I know that the military posts are using Harris radio in my area also.

Fort Benning Trunking System, Columbus, Multi-State

Fort Benning Trunking System Profile

www.radioreference.com

 

[Ravenkeeper]

Hello All,

I spotted a handheld radio clipped to the waist of a drill sergeant in a YouTube video and was wondering if someone can help me identify it.

5 minutes and 26 seconds in

Thank you

It looks very similar to the ones that we use where I work. They have to be programmed with whatever frequencies you want to use on the 12(?) channels on it. If the one that the DI/TI uses is ANYTHING like the ones we use at my work, they SUCK 25% of the time, key the mic and NOTHING. If you have a clear run on the frequency, the radio will chirp.

 

[hill]

As the trunked system linked above I would think that they are using it. Also the trunked radio system has whole boatload of military operations talkgroups.

 

[jhooten]

Best guess based on the poor image, Harris P5400.

 

[prcguy]

The radio is not a Harris or Thales, it almost looks like a Motorola XTS5000 but not quite. An army base could easily have off the shelf commercial radios for security and other on base tasks. They would rarely use an expensive PRC-152 or PRC-148 for that. It could also be a radio supplied by the filming crew on their frequencies.

 

[kf8yk]

Looks like a Harris XG-25P

Fort Benning appears to be buying the Harris XG series: https://govtribe.com/opportunity/fe...harris-portable-radio-xg-75-benningembkdb0014

 

[prcguy]

The radio in the clip has a display but no front panel buttons visible. The Harris P5400 doesn't seem to have a version that fits the video, just like the XTS5000 doesn't have a version with display and no buttons.

Best guess based on the poor image, Harris P5400.

 

[jhooten]

The radio is not a Harris or Thales, it almost looks like a Motorola XTS5000 but not quite. An army base could easily have off the shelf commercial radios for security and other on base tasks. They would rarely use an expensive PRC-152 or PRC-148 for that. It could also be a radio supplied by the filming crew on their frequencies.

Not an XTS series. Display in the wrong place and would have three buttons under it.

The tag above the display and the trapezoid shape of the lower front panel are Harris/Macom ish.

 

[bubbaearle]

Nope.....Whistler TRX-100!

 

[CopperWhopper67]

Looks like a Harris XG-25P

Fort Benning appears to be buying the Harris XG series: https://govtribe.com/opportunity/fe...harris-portable-radio-xg-75-benningembkdb0014

That looks like it probably is the one.

 

[drdispatch]

The Air Force TI's at Lackland didn't have radios when I was there. I think they used the Force to communicate.

 

[krokus]

The radio appears to be inside a holster/pouch, which hides some details. It resembles an XTS, but the XG-25 looks like a good match.

 

[wa8pyr]

Looks like a Harris XG-25P

Fort Benning appears to be buying the Harris XG series: https://govtribe.com/opportunity/fe...harris-portable-radio-xg-75-benningembkdb0014

Actually looks more like a scan model XG75P. The upper portion above the display looks taller, where the XG25P is shorter.

Could be an XTS5000 as well.

 

[ecollins11]

The radio is not a Harris or Thales, it almost looks like a Motorola XTS5000 but not quite. An army base could easily have off the shelf commercial radios for security and other on base tasks. They would rarely use an expensive PRC-152 or PRC-148 for that. It could also be a radio supplied by the filming crew on their frequencies.

Could be a Motorola XTS2500

 

[a417]

Could be a Motorola XTS2500

as was previously mentioned, it's probably not. Screen location & button layout is not consistent with an XTS2500...there'd be three big white buttons under the LCD.

 

[slicerwizard]

Whoever figures it out will get an RR / scanner programming / whatever certificate from Kevin...

 

[N1XDS]

Looks like a Harris XG-25p with keypad

 

[KevinC]

Whoever figures it out will get an RR / scanner programming / whatever certificate from Kevin...

That's an incorrect statement.

 

[slicerwizard]

Sorry - they get the secret decoder ring?