Harris XG-100P

[UNITYXG]

My harris xg100 has the wideband restriction removed from it.

How were you able to get it removed? I try to go through a dealer to have the wideband restriction removed and they basically...appropriate for this forum just flat out said NO that they wouldnt do it. Ive heard of people having zero problems going through Harris to have the feature removed, and I've also heard of people having issues. Any advice?

 

[prcguy]

You just need a friendly dealer and there are some out there.

How were you able to get it removed? I try to go through a dealer to have the wideband restriction removed and they basically...appropriate for this forum just flat out said NO that they wouldnt do it. Ive heard of people having zero problems going through Harris to have the feature removed, and I've also heard of people having issues. Any advice?

 

[wa8pyr]

How were you able to get it removed? I try to go through a dealer to have the wideband restriction removed and they basically...appropriate for this forum just flat out said NO that they wouldnt do it. Ive heard of people having zero problems going through Harris to have the feature removed, and I've also heard of people having issues. Any advice?

You just need a friendly dealer and there are some out there.

My XG100P already had the wideband restriction removed; good thing, as I need wideband for ham radio use.

I bought mine from W/S Electronics in Xenia, Ohio (it was their demo model); I work with them regularly. If you're a licensed ham and have a legitimate need to have wideband removed, I suspect they would sell you the feature update. They're good to work with.

 

[IFRIED91]

How were you able to get it removed? I try to go through a dealer to have the wideband restriction removed and they basically...appropriate for this forum just flat out said NO that they wouldnt do it. Ive heard of people having zero problems going through Harris to have the feature removed, and I've also heard of people having issues. Any advice?

Honestly your best bet is to just get a new unit all together WITHOUT wideband disabled…. Then again we run into the issue of different reversions of the radio that came with certain features standard

 

[prcguy]

Enabling wideband, or disabling the "WB disable feature" is a non issue, I know of many radios that have been fixed in the last year for very cheap or free. If the radio has all the other features he needs then just make it wideband again.

Honestly your best bet is to just get a new unit all together WITHOUT wideband disabled…. Then again we run into the issue of different reversions of the radio that came with certain features standard

 

[IFRIED91]

Enabling wideband, or disabling the "WB disable feature" is a non issue, I know of many radios that have been fixed in the last year for very cheap or free. If the radio has all the other features he needs then just make it wideband again.

if you know a place that can still repair unity radios?! mind sharing.. i have 2 that may need some physical repairs

 

[prcguy]

I know nothing about repairs, I just know a guy who knows a shop that will do wide banding.

if you know a place that can still repair unity radios?! mind sharing.. i have 2 that may need some physical repairs

 

[TDR-94]

if you know a place that can still repair unity radios?! mind sharing.. i have 2 that may need some physical repairs

L3HARRIS TAC. No one else is authorized to make repairs on those. NLT is one of their largest or the largest authorized service center and even they aren't allowed to touch them.

 

[natedawg1604]

L3HARRIS TAC. No one else is authorized to make repairs on those. NLT is one of their largest or the largest authorized service center and even they aren't allowed to touch them.

This is exactly why I chose not to touch this radio with a thousand foot pole...

 

[wa8pyr]

Enabling wideband, or disabling the "WB disable feature" is a non issue, I know of many radios that have been fixed in the last year for very cheap or free. If the radio has all the other features he needs then just make it wideband again.

Concur. It's really not that difficult to load a new feature string.

 

[motorcoachdoug]

I totally agree about the feature string. I am running a Harris XG/M7300 listing here in Montgomery County and I had to buy the phase 2 string for my radio plus I am also running 2 Harris xg100P as well. One of them is my goto radio for when I travel and my other one i have it set up as a mini base station connected to a discone antenna outside and a battery that has a 12volt plug on it to a 12-15volt power supply. The M7300 is mounted in my van and I wish it would hold more TG's and do smartzone as well. The advantage that it has over my apx is i can park it on a TG that i want to monitor unlike with the apx I can not when NAS mode.

 

[IFRIED91]

I totally agree about the feature string. I am running a Harris XG/M7300 listing here in Montgomery County and I had to buy the phase 2 string for my radio plus I am also running 2 Harris xg100P as well. One of them is my goto radio for when I travel and my other one i have it set up as a mini base station connected to a discone antenna outside and a battery that has a 12volt plug on it to a 12-15volt power supply. The M7300 is mounted in my van and I wish it would hold more TG's and do smartzone as well. The advantage that it has over my apx is i can park it on a TG that i want to monitor unlike with the apx I can not when NAS mode.

Doesn't NYSP have M7300s in all troop vehicles cross-banded with those pyramid VRSs? And yeah i totally know what u mean regarding the whole monitoring of a TRS. Motorola radios will attempt to affiliate once signal coverage gets spotty. ProScan is the greatest thing ever in Harris radios

 

[KJ6PJY]

My XG-100P does the wideband on 2 meter no problem but when trying to load wideband channel on 70 cm it errors out? I guess I need to remove WB restriction? If so do I need to purchase feature code and if so where?

Thanks

 

[motorcoachdoug]

good luck on getting Harris to write you a feature string to remove wideband on 70cm. Just not going to happen unless you know someone who works at harris. why they are so against removing the WB on 70cm who knows because I sure don't..

 

[natedawg1604]

good luck on getting Harris to write you a feature string to remove wideband on 70cm. Just not going to happen unless you know someone who works at harris. why they are so against removing the WB on 70cm who knows because I sure don't..

So what is the typical consequence of using narrowband on the "average" Ham repeater? Do very many people notice?

 

[prcguy]

Complete nonsense. Hey KJ6PJY, PM me and I'll point you to a person to get it wide banded.

good luck on getting Harris to write you a feature string to remove wideband on 70cm. Just not going to happen unless you know someone who works at harris. why they are so against removing the WB on 70cm who knows because I sure don't..

 

[prcguy]

Why would you do this? There goes any beautiful audio the repeater might of had and lots of ham radios cannot do narrow band.

So what is the typical consequence of using narrowband on the "average" Ham repeater? Do very many people notice?

 

[KJ6PJY]

Well, here we are 2 days later and I got my feature update string, loaded it up and voila radio is no longer WB restricted. So in other words its not true do not believe Nay-Sayers when they tell you its impossible to get update code strings for these radios.

Thanks to prcguy and few other people problem is solved. This is why it is so important to communicate and exchange ideas and experiences ...

 

[prcguy]

Glad to hear it worked out. I'm just a conduit, thank the guy I pointed you to as he found the friendly dealer and is willing to help other hams get their radios upgraded. Can you let us know what it cost?

Well, here we are 2 days later and I got my feature update string, loaded it up and voila radio is no longer WB restricted. So in other words its not true do not believe Nay-Sayers when they tell you its impossible to get update code strings for these radios.

Thanks to prcguy and few other people problem is solved. This is why it is so important to communicate and exchange ideas and experiences ...

 

[KJ6PJY]

The WB restriction removal feature string was $20 which is well worth it in my opinion. Installation itself was simple and straight forward as all that is required is to load the feature string (code) in to the radio and restart. Once again audio is what it should be across the amateur bands.