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no support for XG-100P
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BMDaug
I am licensed…
By and large, you don’t. When the radio was in production or at least still supported, you still had to send it to TAC, since it was developed in Rochester (military secrets shhhhhhhh…). There were never any third party repair shops and parts were limited to things like antennas, knob caps, and belt clips.
Things regarding service seem to maybe be changing though. It’s not uncommon for a company to hold service near and dear until it’s outdated ‘enough’ to start getting rid of service related parts.
New London Tech now holds most spares and who knows, perhaps will offer service in the future… whether they offer service to individuals like most of us is certainly unknown, but I can see them supporting municipalities that have quantities of radios before offering their services to hobbyists.
Bottom line for a that you should not buy the radio at this time if having a clean path to service is important to you.
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Things regarding service seem to maybe be changing though. It’s not uncommon for a company to hold service near and dear until it’s outdated ‘enough’ to start getting rid of service related parts.
New London Tech now holds most spares and who knows, perhaps will offer service in the future… whether they offer service to individuals like most of us is certainly unknown, but I can see them supporting municipalities that have quantities of radios before offering their services to hobbyists.
Bottom line for a that you should not buy the radio at this time if having a clean path to service is important to you.
-B
BMDaug
I am licensed…
Mine works perfectly as well… however, there are many here that will not agree with your reliability report… I think that there are so many variables when buying secondhand that it’s impossible to predict how reliable any particular radio will be unfortunately…
On the one hand, it served many agencies well for a long time. On the other, it was a PITA for at least some of those sysadmins!
I think it’s just easy to forget how old it is, which is a testament to its design imo!
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On the one hand, it served many agencies well for a long time. On the other, it was a PITA for at least some of those sysadmins!
I think it’s just easy to forget how old it is, which is a testament to its design imo!
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MTS2000des
5B2_BEE00 Czar
These radios can be wonky and are long in the tooth. It's fine if one gets one for a couple hundred bucks, but if one bricks, L3H won't touch it. Seeing these go for hundreds even over a grand is absurd but hey, far be it from me to tell a fool to not blow his wad on something that can become an unsupported paperweight.
MTS2000des
5B2_BEE00 Czar
Hopefully you didn't overpay. If not, just enjoy it until it dies. Then it can serve as a shelf queen, paperweight, or target practice. All LMR is going to "cellphone" life cycles. Even the new APX N series appears to be set for a 5 year life cycle with virtually no serviceable (outside of sending a radio to the MSI depot) parts.
All the manufacturers are going that way.
All the manufacturers are going that way.
BMDaug
I am licensed…
I hear ya. I like the 200P… the only reason I’d switch is to get a VP8000 and have DMR and P25 in the same unit. It’s physically larger and heavier than a 200P and Kenwood doesn’t offer anything close to the XL-ESM that L3H makes.
Ya… really glad the 200P has an easily changeable front faceplate which includes the screen, keypad, etc. Hopefully that will extend the the serviceable life of the platform!
-B
Whatever you switch to is going to be a couple thousand extra to match the 100p feature-wise. APX 8000, XL-200P, VP 8000... You're not going to find a cheaper multiband P25 radio than the 100p. Use it until you can't and maybe by then the other models will have come down in price.
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great idea sir and you aren't wrong.
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