Can someone tell me the latest version of RPM..?
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RPM= R14C05
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I think a fun question would be, can you tell me how much the latest RPM costs?
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10 N95 MASK and 10 bottles of HAND SANITIZER if you look at EBAY prices.
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Well, at the time I didn't know there was such thing hahaIf I had a Harris I would try and find a cheap ham friendly version of RPM.
...and people complain that Motorola CPS is expensive...
To be fair, Harris RPM programs MOST Harris radios. More models than I can count. Motorola CPS only programs a few models or series. $300 for 1 series of radio or $800 for a good chunk of Harris radios? I'd say it's pretty reasonable....and people complain that Motorola CPS is expensive...
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And in all fairness to all Manufacturers if a agency buys 200 plus radios why should they have to buy the software?
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It is a bit pricey, but given a fully loaded multi band portable and mobile is about half the cost of an APX, just one radio pays for the software and then some and yes, RPM programs a lot of different models. You also get complete TAC support and they are on the ball 24/7.
When you're buying $5000 dollar radio's $800 dollars is pocket change, it's all relative. If you want cheap software, buy a L3Harris Tait.
and yes, RPM programs a lot of different models. You also get complete TAC support and they are on the ball 24/7.When you're buying $5000 dollar radio's $800 dollars is pocket change, it's all relative. If you want cheap software, buy a L3Harris Tait.
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There are two editions of RPM. The conventional edition and the trunking edition.
The conventional edition is 300 dollars list price last I heard. The trunking version seems to be "whatever the dealer wants to get for it" but my copy ran 1500 dollars from NLT.
These days, getting the trunking version requires knowing which dealers to approach. Many simply will NOT sell the trunking edition to some random radio enthusiast.
As time has gone on, they've been locking down functionality to protect their customer's radios systems from unauthorized radios. That protected functionality requires varying types of software permissions.
That's the catch to wanting to use the latest Harris radios: They may not be usable because they may be dependent on RPM2 which you may not be able to get, and the features you want to exploit may be locked down so you can't program it to listen to the P25p2 system you want to listen to.
The conventional edition is 300 dollars list price last I heard. The trunking version seems to be "whatever the dealer wants to get for it" but my copy ran 1500 dollars from NLT.
These days, getting the trunking version requires knowing which dealers to approach. Many simply will NOT sell the trunking edition to some random radio enthusiast.
As time has gone on, they've been locking down functionality to protect their customer's radios systems from unauthorized radios. That protected functionality requires varying types of software permissions.
That's the catch to wanting to use the latest Harris radios: They may not be usable because they may be dependent on RPM2 which you may not be able to get, and the features you want to exploit may be locked down so you can't program it to listen to the P25p2 system you want to listen to.
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Elroy, "locked down"
"locked down"
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Another reason I really like the XG-100P, it can do a lot of stuff and there is software out there that lets you do it for free.
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Dumb question; since Harris and Tait are the same(?) company does Tait use the same software?
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