MTS2000des
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We ordered 7 APX NEXT radios and were given a May 2022 ETA. 21 weeks for an 8000. Wow. Hello JVC Kenwood. Customers have money in hand ready to buy. The time to sell is NOW.
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Kenwood has already discontinued some radios and issued cautions about the delivery timeframe for others. Kenwood is not immune from the "global chip shortage" that is impacting pretty much every electronic device these days.
DeoVindice
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Parts shortages are EFwood's stated reason for discontinuing the VP900.
I as someone who works at an OEM level, i can confirm that there have been several chip manufacturers globally who have taken the stance of "We will not be restarting production of this component, we apologize for the non-traditional notice for discontinuing the part". I have no doubt that EFwood has product line impacted by this resulting in re-designs where practical, and discontinues where it is not.
So, I had some talk with a my upline, from the sounds, this is not in stone, but the VP8000 may be a multi band subscriber unit, pay for options status, in other word, single, dual band, and then tri-band. Again, just word of mouth and not on paper yet. Usually IWCE is when they like to let it out, so next few days or so, we should start to see or hear something. Already getting my money set aside for when it does pop up.
Sounds like the reason Motorola gave for the end of the AN version and start of the BN version of APX radios.
No. The 6000 BN replaced the AN back in 2016, well before any chip issues. The BN mobiles were already in the planning stages a few years ago. In both cases the designs are improvements over the original, and so it was product evolution, nothing else.
The new VP8000 will look nearly identical to the VP6000 except the top is slightly larger to accommodate a multi line too display and larger emergency button. And time now it will be starting the FCC certification process and then next will be the P25 CAP acceptance process. EFJ plans to start shipping them the later part of this year. Dealers are being told that a fully loaded All band VP8000 with all options and encryption will be around $4500 list, plus battery, charger, speaker mic, etc. DMR tier 2 will be standard initially, tier 3 in the future. The interest is immense and Kenwood knows it. I think it’s going to be a game changer. I’ve heard they are already starting to receive pre-orders from large customers.
mmckenna
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I'm interested, but I need it to do NexEdge trunking as well as P25.
LTE/WiFi would be a bonus.
Looking forward to seeing this. $4500 would be a nice price. I'm spec'ing out Harris XL-200's right now….
LTE/WiFi would be a bonus.
Looking forward to seeing this. $4500 would be a nice price. I'm spec'ing out Harris XL-200's right now….
MTS2000des
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Armada is the real advantage. RPM2 is a headache, especially if you're an MSI customer and "used" to CPS. JVC Kenwood has a gem with Armada and the Viking platform: it was designed by and for P25 users and administrators. Well written firmware and software. I have a VP6430 and love the radio. Form factor is right. U/I is right. Performance is right. Price is right. At $4500, they are selling an all band, fully spec'ed multi-band portable for what MSI wants for an APX6000Li with P25 trunking, TDMA and AES-256 multi-key.
So far, they have discontinued all of their amateur portables (following the discontinuance of the TH-D74 last year) in order to focus their resources on their commercial and public safety lines. Amateur mobile are supposedly still in production.
MTS2000des
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One of our customers ordered 30 VP5430's in January and got them in three weeks. No issues on the LMR/P25 side like there are apparently with the tinker toy amateur line.
mmckenna
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Yeah, that's what I've been hearing. I talked to them last year and they suggested a multiband radio would be out soon.
I ordered a VP5430 on 2/21 and it will be here this coming week.
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.
mmckenna
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That was posted over on Communications Support a few days back.
I agree, no reason to doubt the authenticity.
My dealer told me today he had heard around the $4500 price point. They are all band, like an APX8000.
I wonder if that was taken in the USA, because that demo frequency is in the middle of LTE Band 14. I know it used to be in the LMR segment…but years ago. Also might indicate receiver selectivity could be an issue, as there was talk about manufacturers building filters in to new radio models to filter below 769 to help with the near-far issue.
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