Multi Band news

[12dbsinad]

They desperately need a NFPA 1802 version, so agencies buying into this nonsense have other options. But regardless, Hey Motorola..... Check this out!!

 

[krokus]

I find it a bit amusing seeing the Viking logo on the antenna.

 

[bertolinidives]

I'm hearing Tait will have something shiny and new to debut at IWCE. Possibly something related to the title of this thread.....

More likely it will be a lower tiered TP1000 radio, but it would be supercool if they had at least a dual band portable VHF/800 P25. Would it not be hilarious if it was a rebranded VP8000?

 

[bertolinidives]

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I was just sent this picture of what is supposedly an all band VP6000 (VP8K?) radio. I don't know where this was taken but don't doubt it's authenticity.

That is the VP8000.

 

[12dbsinad]

More likely it will be a lower tiered TP1000 radio, but it would be supercool if they had at least a dual band portable VHF/800 P25. Would it not be hilarious if it was a rebranded VP8000?

TP1000? Their top tier PS radio is the TP9600. I could see this series becoming multi band but to be honest I think you'll find it'll be a bigger chassis with top and front display, but I've been wrong before.

 

[mmckenna]

Was talking to Tait today.

Multiband portable to be released in the October 2022 timeframe.
Same form factor as the TP9600, which will make it a nice compact radio. Will use the same accessories and battery at the TP-9600. They felt that the top would be redesigned to do the volume control canted off at an angle like is all the rage now.

VHF/UHF/7-800MHz. Analog, P25 and DMR. <—— DMR.

Now if Kenwood/EFJohnson would do whatever they are going to do so there's some good competition in the market (multiband P25/DMR/NXDN like them mobiles). From what I'm hearing, Motorola has priced themselves out of many markets and Harris, Kenwood, Tait and going to pick up more market share.

 

[LTR]

EFJ just posted a "teaser" video on their Linkedin page for the VP8000. The video shows Multi Protocol.

 

[mmckenna]

Multi Protocol.

Tasty!

 

[12dbsinad]

Was talking to Tait today.

Multiband portable to be released in the October 2022 timeframe.
Same form factor as the TP9600, which will make it a nice compact radio. Will use the same accessories and battery at the TP-9600. They felt that the top would be redesigned to do the volume control canted off at an angle like is all the rage now.

VHF/UHF/7-800MHz. Analog, P25 and DMR. <—— DMR.

Now if Kenwood/EFJohnson would do whatever they are going to do so there's some good competition in the market (multiband P25/DMR/NXDN like them mobiles). From what I'm hearing, Motorola has priced themselves out of many markets and Harris, Kenwood, Tait and going to pick up more market share.

So no top display like the other players?

 

[mmckenna]

So no top display like the other players?

Not on that chassis.
But that would be OK for many users. Most of our officers have been doing just fine without them for years. Even when they did have them (MTS2000) there wasn't enough screen to do much good.

 

[DeoVindice]

VP8000 Product Teaser

KENWOOD Viking VP8000 Product Teaser

info.efjohnson.com

 

[AA1PL]

Was talking to Tait today.

Multiband portable to be released in the October 2022 timeframe.
Same form factor as the TP9600, which will make it a nice compact radio. Will use the same accessories and battery at the TP-9600. They felt that the top would be redesigned to do the volume control canted off at an angle like is all the rage now.

VHF/UHF/7-800MHz. Analog, P25 and DMR. <—— DMR.

Now if Kenwood/EFJohnson would do whatever they are going to do so there's some good competition in the market (multiband P25/DMR/NXDN like them mobiles). From what I'm hearing, Motorola has priced themselves out of many markets and Harris, Kenwood, Tait and going to pick up more market share.

The VP8000 with have analog, P25 conventional, P25 Phase 1 &2 trunking, and DMR Tier 2 initially. DMR Tier 3 in the future. Haven’t heard anything about NXDN now or in future releases. It’s going to FCC for certification now or very soon, then it goes through P25 CAP testing, anticipating shipping first orders roughly this fall.

 

[AA1PL]

My dealer told me today he had heard around the $4500 price point. They are all band, like an APX8000.

That’s what dealers are being told. Need to add battery of choice, charger of choice, speaker mic of choice, etc, so package will be roughly $5000 to $5200 LIST.

 

[mmckenna]

The VP8000 with have analog, P25 conventional, P25 Phase 1 &2 trunking, and DMR Tier 2 initially. DMR Tier 3 in the future. Haven’t heard anything about NXDN now or in future releases. It’s going to FCC for certification now or very soon, then it goes through P25 CAP testing, anticipating shipping first orders roughly this fall.

Well, I hope Kenwood has NXDN on the roadmap. They sold a lot of NexEdge systems over the years, and there are customers for a multiband portable that will do NXDN and P25. I'd find it odd that Kenwood would turn their back on the NXDN baby like that.

DMR + P25 + MultiBand will probably make them a lot of friends. Motorola's approach seems to be to try and force -everyone- to P25, and that doesn't make sense for every application. Tait and Kenwood will get a nice market share when these radios hit the market.

 

[BryanTheRed]

Well, I hope Kenwood has NXDN on the roadmap. They sold a lot of NexEdge systems over the years, and there are customers for a multiband portable that will do NXDN and P25. I'd find it odd that Kenwood would turn their back on the NXDN baby like that.

DMR + P25 + MultiBand will probably make them a lot of friends. Motorola's approach seems to be to try and force -everyone- to P25, and that doesn't make sense for every application. Tait and Kenwood will get a nice market share when these radios hit the market.

I totally agree. We're a hospital based flight service, we utilize 3 different P25 systems yet the health system uses a NXDN system for everything else. If they put NXDN and P25 in an all band radio, I'll replace the whole fleet!

 

[TactileGamer]

For the VP8000 I found out as of today that there will be a software update for NXDN support expected in 2023/2024! Really would love to get my county department on board with this since we use a nxdn conventional system and every county around us is on a p25 system.

 

[wd8chl]

Also the new version of Armada that just came out now supports it, so you can create templates now.

 

[AF1UD]

I got the inside scoop on how this came to be the other day. Apparently, Kenwood wanted to compete with Motorola and a vendor shipped them some Harris XL-200 to back engineer.

 

[TactileGamer]

I got the inside scoop on how this came to be the other day. Apparently, Kenwood wanted to compete with Motorola and a vendor shipped them some Harris XL-200 to back engineer.

You know about how much the vp8000 are going to cost? Aside from that I wonder how the market is going to be with motorola and harris having competition in the all band section.

 

[kd4efm]

You know about how much the vp8000 are going to cost? Aside from that I wonder how the market is going to be with motorola and harris having competition in the all band section.

right now between 5500 and 7500 depending on what you order.
initial shipments are showing End of March