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Motorola XPR 7550Issue

Jack_speight

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I got an old xpr 7550 and was simply gonna program my PD and FD frequencies into it on receive only. For some reason it says on the CPS that it can only receive 136.000000-174.000000. Which is odd because its a UHF model so it should be able to get what I need in the 400's. Any Ideas?
 

K2NEC

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Well if you read it and the CPS says it's VHF then it most definitely isn't a UHF model
Someone probably swapped the board on the chassis and slapped it back together and now it identifies as a UHF but is really a VHF internally.
 

hp8920

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Did you look up the model number on the radio? Does the serial in CPS match the tags?
 

hp8920

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The labels under the battery. Look up the model number, and compare the model number and serial number from the top of the tree in CPS.
 

Jack_speight

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Yep it is a VHF model that someone swapped parts around in. It works for my analog stuff so ill have to find a UHF model. Thanks for the help all.
 
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