So when APX8000s are unsupported soon would you expect them to be worth about $300? The XG-100P still does about 98% of what an APX8000 will do for currently almost 10X less $$. Same with the APX8500, give me one of those and I will immediately sell it to by 10 more XG-100Ms, thank you very much.
The APX8000 is a current production LMR product, so that's apples to oranges. Once cancelled, MSI does support it for a few more years. None the less, APX ANs are unsupported and they can be had for that, not multi-band, but 7500s are hitting the sub thousand dollar range for mid powers. That's what happens with technology products. An iPhone 12 does just about everything an iPhone 16 does sans sat messaging, and they can be had for under $200 new.
So what does it cost to get your supported APX8000 repaired through Motorola? I suspect the repair cost will buy two nice working Harris XG-100Ps. Come on, what's the cheapest you can get a repair from Motorola? I'll PM you the cost to get a 100P upgraded.
Flat rate was around $500. But keep in mind, mine are legit agency purchased/owned, and were under "Service from the start" 5 year warranty. Only had to send 1 out of 250 in for a bad RF board. Cost us nothing.
Are those prices for everyone? If a hamster with no big public service account breaks his 8000 will it get repaired for $500? Many of the hamster owned 8000s and 8500s I've seen have been diddled with features added by some other ham by unknown means. What happens if you send that in for repair???
Promoting Harris is usually taken as a Motorola bash, that's just how it goes. I like Motorola but I tend to like Harris more. Hey, how bout them RF-900Ps? Anybody seen a real one out there?
You missed Ericsson for one. Can we somehow make an accurate acronym for that company? I mean seriously for someone who has been in this biz for 4 plus decades it is hard to keep track especially chronologically. I actually feel sad for the long term employees who have to recall, explain, change business cards, worry about benefits, etc.
I believe the Thales Liberty was the first tri band public service radio ever produced with the Harris XG-100P being the second but the XG-100P was born out of the Harris military PRC-152 series and had a longer service life. Having handled most of the Harris Falcon II and III radios a real RF-900P would be very fragile for military field use.
I'm a little familiar with the original Thales made RF-5800, had them in each color. Ooh, don't look at that picture, the were "getting it on" when took it. I may have shown you the black one a Dayton about 17yrs ago, or maybe I'm confusing you with someone else.
I would imagine a hot plate and a heat gun would be one way to get the cover loose but there are a lot of parts on the bottom of the PCB. There are so many other parts nearby on the top I'd probably have to hold them in place with Kapton tape or risk loosening and losing them. It may be more practical to get a giant soldering iron and heat the snot out of the metal case in order to pry it up.
So why attack some guy trying to make a buck? I mean, it's Ebay. I have no dog in the fight. Don't know the guy/gal, but posting things like "buyer beware" is a little over the top. I get it, the guy puffs it up, but no more or less than two dozen other long time sellers with 100 percent seller feedback peddling their overpriced APX, XTS, and other radios making CopSounds™. It's up to the buyer. If a buyer wants to blow thousands, why does it bother you? Not your money.
It sure seems to bother you despite having “no dog in the fight”. Nor are you ever going to buy any XP-100s are you?? I mean it’s great that you are never ever fooled by any eBay listings but I think my first post said something like “attention newbies” and that ain’t you, right?
