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a buddy of mine sent what looks to be a screen shot from here regarding the discontinuation of support and parts for the XG-100P radio. Hoping @TDR-94 or others can comment on this. Just looking ahead and wondering if something goes south w/ this radio how would one get repair or tech support.unnamed.png
 

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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 It’s not uncommon for a company to hold service near and dear until it’s outdated ‘enough’ to start getting rid of service related parts.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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I’m running a couple XG-100P radios with no issues with any of them. I even added Phase 2 TDMA feature string to one of them. New London Technology is a good source for parts. Rock solid radio.
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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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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.
 

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Kind of rethinking my relationship with my XG-100P. I bought it for the versatility, functionality and robust build. Mine has been perfect but nothing lasts forever. Maybe I’ll sell it and change platforms.
 

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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.
 

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Kind of rethinking my relationship with my XG-100P. I bought it for the versatility, functionality and robust build. Mine has been perfect but nothing lasts forever. Maybe I’ll sell it and change platforms.
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.
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.
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!

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Kind of rethinking my relationship with my XG-100P. I bought it for the versatility, functionality and robust build. Mine has been perfect but nothing lasts forever. Maybe I’ll sell it and change platforms.
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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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.
great idea sir and you aren't wrong.
 
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