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Kenwood NX-3000 Series

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Release Date: Not available at this time


Portable: NX3220 / 3320

Display;
4-Line Basic Frame (2-Line Main/Sub-LCD Icon & Key Guide)

Keypad;
Full-key/Standard key/Non-Key

Frequency range
VHF 136-174 MHz (NX-3220)
UHF 400-520 MHz (NX-3320)

RF POWER
5w / 1w - Both Models

CH-GID / Zones
Max. of 1,000 CH-GID
260/128 (64/4 for non-Key Model)

Common Air Interface;
NXDN, DMR & FM (NO P25, Must order the NX-5000 series)

Vocoder;
AMBE+2™

Signalling;
Fleetsync, MDC-1200, QT/DQT, DTMF, 2-Tone

NXDN Trunking;
Type C Gen 1 & Gen 2

P25
Not Available

GPS
Built In

IP Codes;
IP54/IP55/IP67

IS Rating
Not available (is not IS certified), the NX-5000 it is optional.

MOBILES
NX-3720HG / NX-3820HG

Display;
4-line Basic Frame (2-line Main/Sub-LCD,
icon, & key guide) / 14 Characters

Frequency range
VHF
136-174 MHz (NX-3720HG)

UHF
Type 1: 450-520 MHz (NX-3820HGK)
Type 2: 400-470 MHz (NX-3820HGK2)

RF POWER
50 W / 30 W / 5 W - VHF
45 W / 30 W / 5 W - UHF

CH-GID / Zones
Max. of 1,000 CH-GID 512/128

Common Air Interface;
NXDN, DMR & FM (NO P25, Must order the NX-5000 series)

Vocoder;
AMBE+2™

Signalling;
Fleetsync, MDC-1200, QT/DQT, DTMF, 2-Tone

NXDN Trunking;
Type C Gen 1 & Gen 2

P25
Not Available

GPS
Built In

IP Codes;
IP54
 

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Have you heard any release dates for 800MHz models? I was hearing end of the year.

I've got a few end users that want to purchase new NX-410's next FY and I'd like to have these as an option.
 

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I'll call and ask if they are doing an 700/800 model, but i think they may pass on it, they have not done the nx-x20 800 yet, which would follow suit?!?!? But then again, there's no plans for a nxr5900 I'd think that would be up your alley though.

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I did have an NX-420 800MHz radio on loan from the local dealer for a bit. Worked fine for what we needed, but the smaller display created some issues with not having NX-410's and NX-420's showing the exact same channel names. Not all my users are the sharpest tools in the shed, so I wanted to avoid that headache.


As for the repeaters, that's not an issue. I've got a 5 channel trunked system made up of NXR-900's.

I may start shifting our higher end users to the NX-5900 since there isn't much of a price difference, but I've got a larger project kicking off for our public safety users that has a remote chance that we may start moving towards P25. I know that'll rule out the NX-3000 line, but most of my users would stay on NexEdge.
 

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NX-3000, as it was told earlier, is only going to be a single mode Digital Radio. One or the Other.

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I have an initial, but it is not for release yet

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So I have the NX-5200.... can someone explain the differences between the NX3220 and the 5000 series? Other than channel capacity.... I do not see a whole lot of differences.
 

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So I have the NX-5200.... can someone explain the differences between the NX3220 and the 5000 series? Other than channel capacity.... I do not see a whole lot of differences.
Nx3000 won't do p25, and you can't have nxdn and dmr it's one or the other.

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I have previously used generic programming cables with the FTDI serial-USB converter for programming other Kenwood 2 pin type portables. However using those cables, it would take 4 minutes or so to read or write to the NX3220/NX3320 series. Using the Kenwood KPG-22UM, it would only take 20 seconds or so to read or write to the radio.
 
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