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Motorola XPR 5550
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Great radio! You have to get an enhancement key from MOT to enable 25KHz analog mode. No cost, simple to do.
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Thank you for the reply. When you say about the enhancement key for the enabling of the 25khz for analog mode would the place I am renting it from would have to call in to get the key or can I call in to do it?
Don't worry about that. In two and a half months you can't use it anyway, so moot point.
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Since the rental shop will be programming the radio for you, they will have to apply for the entitlement key so the radio can do wideband on the ham freq's, There's no expiration for that. Why not get a 4550, so you don't have to worry about that? GARY N4KVE
Sounds like he intends to use it on a TRBO ham repeater and for general ham use, which has nothing to do with narrowbanding.
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I like the color screen on the display something new to try it out before I pay out the money for one.
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Your right I'll be using the radio for Amateur Radio use only.
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Just a suggestion. The 5550 is a new radio that just came out, while the 4550 has been out for a few years, so there have been many firmware upgrades, & the bugs have been worked out. The 5550 has a bigger screen which would enhance receiving text messages, if you intend to use that feature. While I don't know anybody who has a 5550, I do know several people who upgraded their 6550 portable for the newer 7550. They wish they didn't. The 6550 uses a normal antenna with a center pin, similar to other Jedi, & XTS radios. Many people don't like to use the GPS antenna, & swap out for the Jedi/XTS antenna. On the newer 7550 radio, Motorola designed a new antenna w/o the center pin, so the user is stuck using the supplied compromise radio/GPS antenna. So far, no normal radio only antenna exists, & the MX/Saber antenna has a different thread. Also on the 7550, the volume control seems to be low for most of it's movement, & gets loud only at the end of it's movement. This could be fixed with firmware upgrades, but people are not happy with the antenna situation. My point is newer isn't always better. I bought my TRBO equipment only a few months ago, & could have bought the newest 7550/5550 radios, but I chose to buy the tried & proven 4550/6550 radios that have been around for several years. But I guess since you are renting the 5550, you can return it if you don't like it. GARY N4KVEI like the color screen on the display something new to try it out before I pay out the money for one.
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The antenna on an XPR7550 is not a "GPS antenna". The GPS antenna is built into the radio. The rubber flex antenna is VHF or UHF only.
The XPR5550 and XPR7550 units also come with the option board as 'standard', unlike the XPR4550 and XPR6550. And the XPR5550 and XPR7550 have bluetooth built-in, for audio and PTT. The displays on the XPR5550 and XPR7550 are also not only larger, but MUCH brighter than the displays on the XPR4550 and XPR6550.
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The XPR5550 and XPR7550 units also come with the option board as 'standard', unlike the XPR4550 and XPR6550. And the XPR5550 and XPR7550 have bluetooth built-in, for audio and PTT. The displays on the XPR5550 and XPR7550 are also not only larger, but MUCH brighter than the displays on the XPR4550 and XPR6550.
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Thanks. Did not know that. Thanks for the tid bit. But my friend who just bought the 7550 also just got a new Mercedes, & doesn't want to put a mobile radio in it. What he does want to do is somehow connect his mobile antenna to the antenna connector on the 7550 but an adapter doesn't exist. And "M" wants big bucks for the cable adapter they sell. That new style antenna jack really sucks. However, on the 6550, a $1 sma/bnc adapter is easy to find. GARY N4KVE
JRayfield
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Yes, unfortunately, you are quite correct.
Someone needs to come up with a 3rd party adapter that is less expensive (a lot less expensive <G>).
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Someone needs to come up with a 3rd party adapter that is less expensive (a lot less expensive <G>).
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Someone please tell me why Motorola felt it necessary to incorporate that new antenna connector in the latest TRBO radios. We've all been using the time-tested center pin antennas since the Jedi and Astro Saber radios arrived and they work just fine, so it's hard to imagine a valid reason for the new TRBO setup. A friend showed me his new 7550 and my comment was, "Slick radio, but what the hell is the point of that antenna jack?"
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You can open an account with Motorola Solutions and they will sell it to you direct, if you're going to be using it for your own personal use (such as ham radio).
This software also can't be sold by a dealer to anyone else. It may only be purchased (legally) from Motorola.
John Rayfield, Jr.
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This software also can't be sold by a dealer to anyone else. It may only be purchased (legally) from Motorola.
John Rayfield, Jr.
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Seeing as you're a ham, and I'm sure you're wanting to program your 5550 for the ham band, reach out to the people running the trbo machine(s) you're wanting to get on.
I'm sure if you offer to buy lunch, they will be more than happy to bring a 'puter and program your radio for you, with the right codeplug.
Seeing as you're a ham, and I'm sure you're wanting to program your 5550 for the ham band, reach out to the people running the trbo machine(s) you're wanting to get on.
I'm sure if you offer to buy lunch, they will be more than happy to bring a 'puter and program your radio for you, with the right codeplug.
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