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Motorola/Vertex VX-P949
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It didn't become the APX 900. The APX 900 and VX-P949 are essentially the same radio, but they exist as separate models. The VX-P949 is currently being issued by NYPD as the latest standard issue radio to UMOS.
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This was released right before M announced that they were going to obliterate... sorry I mean "rebrand" vertex radios. NYPD is known for getting special stuff from M...
https://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/SSE5000_(NYPD)
Why would they choose the vertex one instead of the motot one? The moto one has better design (PTT button, rest of buttons, emergency button is shinier)
https://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/SSE5000_(NYPD)
Why would they choose the vertex one instead of the motot one? The moto one has better design (PTT button, rest of buttons, emergency button is shinier)
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That's interesting that M would have two essentially same radios with slight cosmetic changes.
Wait a minute, no it isn't. GP300/P110 comes to mind in the old radius line
HT600 and P200 would be a better comparison. If I remember correctly the GP300 could scan, don't believe the P110 would?
12dbsinad
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Both came in 2,8 or 16 channels. Both could scan. The 2 and 8 channel were still a 16 channel capable radio with stops on the channel selector. Break off the stops, and fool it with CPS to "think" it was a 16 channel radio and you had yourself a 16 channel radio.
The guts of both the GP300 and the P110 are identical. The P110 had a bigger, taller housing. Both used the same programming cradle.
I do not believe this is an NYPD exclusive special production, as I believe I saw it is also being used by DHS.
You're probably referring to a link I posted in your other thread about this radio in the NY forum. That was merely a link to the radio's Project 25 Compliance Assessment Program (P25 CAP) page on the DHS website. It has nothing to do with the radio being used by DHS agents.
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I think he was referring to the radios used by the NYC department of homeless services police, not homeland security.
Perhaps, but when referring to "DHS" outside of the NY forum (i.e. here in the Motorola forum), it's assumed that the reference is to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Perhaps, but when referring to "DHS" outside of the NY forum (i.e. here in the Motorola forum), it's assumed that the reference is to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
GTR8000 your right, I was referring to the link you posted.
I am going to give Motorola a call and see if I can get some more Info on this portable.
I was able to find some clearer pictures of the radios that NYPD is issuing, and they do not look like the P949. They look like the APX900 with the limited keypad. As you can see the PTT has a green circle around it and the PTT is round. The PTT on the P949 is more squared and has an orange trim. The only thing is, on this radio the front label says Vertex Standard, Not Motorola. They also have custom Motorola RSM’s.
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Keep in mind that no one has actually seen a production VX-P949 until now, only prototypes and test models. It's pretty likely that at some point, Motorola decided it was silly to produce an entirely new housing for what is essentially an existing model, the APX 900 (which is what the VX-P949 is internally).
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It is my understanding that NYPD has a written contract that hasn’t expired with VX that states they MUST use Vertex BRANDED Portables. Although we all know VX is no more and now Moto, and transit has been using APXs for some time now, I believe the written contract has something to do with why that APX has the VX name on it. This is what I was told from an electronics section fella.
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