Project25_MASTR
Millennial Graying OBT Guy
That's not what the firmware release notes say. Starting with R18 firmware, the use of Depot CPS is blocked; it says nothing about "bricking" radios that were previously hit with Depot CPS. Let's leave the discussion regarding forbidden software/tools at that.
The APX 8000 comes configured by default with all bands enabled, with the ability to delete up to two of them, saving $800 MSRP per deleted band. Every other option needs to be configured just as with any other APX model; they are certainly not shipped "fully equipped with a full flashcode and encryption algo's" as @allend claims.
Exactly. I actually have configured a handful of single band enabled APX8000s and APX8500s for customers. Most typically want dual band (UHF isn't a popular band for public safety here in Texas) with trunking. Now, ordering the options on the APX8500 based consolette have been interesting...especially in applications where one consolette needs to handle multiple bands.
My suggestion to the OP...check out used-radios.com. I actually had several cusotmers in the middle of VHF trunking to 7/800 MHz trunking migrations using them to source APX7000s, APX8000s and trade-in/exchange XTL2500s to help stay inside of their initial budgets.