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Military Radio Ideas - Hytera PD985
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rescuecomm
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Interesting.
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Motorola PRC-153 Radio (Black) Dam Toys
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There are specs but I don't have them. The radio is a Motorola XTS2500 so those are the specs you would look for. The PRC-153 has a different encryption board that is built into the keypad and it has a few options like front panel programmng that make it interesting. Otherwise its an XTS2500. Most people who have a PRC-153 don't even know what they have and assume its just a regular XTS2500.
rescuecomm
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Not all COTS equipment is really that. Like PRCGUY said, small changes from the Part 90 stuff most of us have used.
That's what we have been preaching in most of our posts, the PRC-153 is a Motorola XTS2500 mod III in range 1 UHF with AES encryption and they run about $120 each used in good working condition. That is probably the best radio available for the price you can get for the OPs purposes. Programming software is cheap and plentiful, programming cables, batteries, chargers, every kind of accy is also cheap and plentiful. You can't say that for the APX, SRX, EFJ or Harris radios.
rescuecomm
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Need to consider that these radios may not see a charger for days. Different from police/EMS use. May have repeaters or more likely simplex in mixed urban/rural areas. Better antennas and headset that fits under a helmet are essential.
rescuecomm
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Yeah, what Prcguy says too. As I've posted, without repeaters, VHF is better.
At $25 each, Chinese batteries have their place and you can buy and carry lots of them.
rescuecomm
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Those batteries are 3100 ma? How many for two days continuous field ops? Digital radios use a lot of juice.
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EF-5100s can be had for very cheap, take the same accessories as the XTS series and will take xts5000 batteries. Kyloading easy and all options including fpp and crypto can be enabled. I have bought several in both VHF and UHF flavors. Easy to beat to **** and they still work.
The Chinese $25 batteries I've been buying are rated 2600mah. They are very lightweight and six should do 48hrs depending on tx/rx ratio. There is a military BB-XX90 battery box for the PRC-153 that would give you around 13 to 14ah with a BB-2590 type rechargeable battery. That would be equivalent to 5 regular high capacity batteries and the battery boxes go for about $25 on Ebay.
Just to set the record straight. As I said we are a NATO / US friendly country. We are in really close ties with France, Israel and Greece. Turkey on the other hand is in ties with Iran, Hamas, ISIS, Russia. This is why there is so much discussion for Turkey and how it threatens NATO. That is why it got banned from the F35 program.
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You are good with us. Hope the posts were of some assistance to you.
DeoVindice
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I'll second this. Either a 5100ES or a PRC-153 would be my preference for this application; personally I use EFJs. You'll need to modify your Hirose keyloader adapter (solder bridge between two pins). If you go the EFJ route, send me a PM and I'll help you out to the best of my ability.
As far as extended field use, NTN9177A clamshells can be modified for use with 5100s; I did one up yesterday. You'll be able to operate for a while with a pocket full of AAs. Unless going for a long commo shot, you should be running low power anyways to make yourself harder to DF.
How much are EFJ5100ESs and where do you get the programming software? Motorola PRC-153/XTS2500s are now down to $108 for good tested working units and there seems to be an unlimited supply. You can buy programming software on Ebay for $40.
DeoVindice
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I've paid anywhere from $30 to $120 apiece and the software is "out there".
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