kc5zji68
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No I do not I am considering it along with Kenwood and Motorola. Any suggestions?
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kc5zji68
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Is the Harris XG-100M a solid radio? I have had Motorola before and still have them but I am looking for a dual band for amateur use . I am sick and tired of what ham radios are out there they just don’t hold up like they should. I have a Motorola XTL5000 now that I use for private channels but the local shop will not program my ham frequencies in there. I want something that I can program my self when I need to.
The XG-100M is very solid, RF performance is stellar and its almost impossible to brick the radio from programming mistakes, unlike an XTL5000 or APX. In addition to the entire VHF and UHF bands you will get 700/800 and VHF lo band receive from 30-50MHz. Not to mention its about 1/10th the price of a used APX-8500.
And let's not forget that legal programming SW for the APX is free, for the Harris not so much.
I've never bricked an APX via regular CPS, ever. Now if you are using depot or FZ that's a completely different story.
CanesFan95
Analog already is interoperable.
But it's too hard to find the programming cable and/or they're very expensive. Then there's the issue of getting the radio aligned IF you can find a hobbyist-friendly dealer.
For what radio? An XG-100M uses a basic DB9 serial cable that cost under $10. There is a guy on eBay selling 3D printed programming cables for the XG-100P for $95, not real cheap but half what a factory cable costs. The 100P will program via Bluetooth and you only need a programming cable for firmware type updates. I've had my hands on quite a few 100Ps and Ms and the only alignment they have needed is TCXO which is pretty simple to do at home if you have some test equipment. Or bring it to me.
For whatever reason, I've never had any luck getting bluetooth programming to work on my 100P so I bought the 3D printed programming adapter. Works great; uses a USB standard A to standard B cable such as used on printers and such. Worth the money.
I think the procedure for getting it to work is go in the menu to settings, then bluetooth, then make sure bluetooth is enabled. Then go to paring mgmt then options then add new. Once your radio has connected with your computer with bluetooth RPM should work when you click on the unity product management button then the bluetooth icon within the product management window.
Did all that, three different computers. Didn't work. The programming adapter works fine, so I've never worried about it.
Don't make me come over there....
kayn1n32008
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Then you don't know how to look. XTL cables are easy and cheap to find, same with XTS portables. Software is also easy to find for both the XTL and XTS radios.
kayn1n32008
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Why on God's green earth don't you go buy a programming cable and find the software? They are not difficult to program.
Blue Max 49ers has both the cables and CPS for the XTS and XTL series radios
