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Kenwood NX 5300 F6 Question

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Hello everyone, I’m brand spanking new to Kenwood portables. ( APX 8000 owner). I’m interested in a UHF Kenwood NX5300 F6 full keypad. My question is simple, are all 3 modes ( P25, DMR, NXDN ) set installed right from the factory? The radio I’m looking at is new open box, but does not say anything other than it’s UHF. Help me understand this guys. Is there a way to tell what’s installed? The seller does not have knowledge of Kenwood radios to that extent.

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No, typically they only come with NXDN, unless otherwise noted. You need to read the radio with LMC300 to see what licenses are on it.

You can put all 3 licenses on it, but you can only have 2 active at once.
 
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buddrousa said:
The NX-5300 can have 3 active formats at the same time Analog and any 2 Digital of 2 3 or 4 but not all 3 Digital at the same time.
1. Analog
2.NXDN
3.DMR
4.P25
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Got it! So analog is standard, and DMR, NXDN,P25 are digital add ons. Only 2 of those digital add ons can be active at the same time with the analog, correct?
 
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Yes That is correct
That is not saying you cannot have all 3 Digital License for the NX-5300 installed, but you can only have 2 ACTIVE at the same time.
The trick would be have a laptop handy with multiple profiles and switch in the field just would be a small pain but it would work.
 
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Yes That is correct
That is not saying you cannot have all 3 Digital License for the NX-5300 installed, but you can only have 2 ACTIVE at the same time.
The trick would be have a laptop handy with multiple profiles and switch in the field just would be a small pain but it would work.
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Interesting…I would only use P25 and DMR right now. There is no NXDN in our area at this time. But it would be nice to have installed just in case.

Manny
 
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