SRX2200

[specopsdiverdude]

Hey all

Does anyone have any experience with the SRX2200? I never used one during my time, mostly Harris and a few other manufacturers.
There's an Ebay listing and I've got a hole burning in my pocket.

Cheers!!

 

[jruta]

Of the two I’m seeing on that site; one looks to be a re-cased apx 6k in combat colored housing, and the other is possibly a legit (maybe?) SRX (but no tags- WHY?) but in glaring letters it does clearly state “WILL NOT TX IN HIGH POWER- ULTRA LOW POWER ONLY”

Also, one is uhf R1, the other is 700/800

Not sure why anyone would want either one

 

[specopsdiverdude]

Well, I like oddball stuff and those seem to fit the bill lol
I'm mainly wondering if anyone had experience with that particular radio. I've never seen that "model" and I don't recognize them and I've played with a lot of radios during my time in the military.
As far as mentioning no tags, what does that mean?

 

[GTR8000]

The SRX2200 is essentially an APX6000 with a "Coyote Brown" housing. There are some features that are slightly different between the two, such as a NVG capable display and ultra low power mode (0.25w) in the UHF R1 band for the SRX, otherwise they're functionally identical. Oh and the brown battery for the SRX is not outfitted with IMPRES technology, just a plain old dumb 3100 mAh Li-Ion cell.

 

[KevinC]

And if you don't already have APX CPS you'll need to get that from MSI.

 

[jruta]

Well, I like oddball stuff and those seem to fit the bill lol
I'm mainly wondering if anyone had experience with that particular radio. I've never seen that "model" and I don't recognize them and I've played with a lot of radios during my time in the military.
As far as mentioning no tags, what does that mean?

Sorry, no tags meaning there is no informational sticker on the inside of the radio (visible once the battery is removed) to show the radios serial number and “I was born as” information.

 

[KN4EHX]

Hey all

Does anyone have any experience with the SRX2200? I never used one during my time, mostly Harris and a few other manufacturers.
There's an Ebay listing and I've got a hole burning in my pocket.

Cheers!!

Just buy like a APX 6000 or 8000 and dress it up it if you must. Once it goes inside a radio pouch nobody would know the difference anyways. That is a big chunk of change to spend if you just want to play around with one. Besides the NVG capability you will probably find better features in the APX line. Considering you’re talking about a SRX I’ll say the 3M Peltor stuff all is the same as well.

I’m not a high speed operator and I have no experience with the SRX I only know what I’ve read about it.

Being a one band radio kind of limits you to how useful it might be to you. If you are a ham, VHF or UHF1 is what you’ll need. Public service could be V/U/7-800. Of course if you need to program trunking that will come from the system admin and they might not be so keen to the ideal.

The Peltor Comtac 6 gives the ability to chat with the people who would be within .25 of a watt range of you to begin with - roughly.

If you just want to larp a XTS5000 or maybe even a Harris XG might be the way to go. Both of those are being used in service. Both can be used with the cool kid Peltor stuff. Won’t cost you an arm and a leg. Lots of people are gurus of the XTS5000. Another option would be Bendix King.

Food for thought, but if you’re going to jump feet first at least elaborate to what you want to do with the radio.

 

[KN4EHX]

Thales Liberty is pretty sick too. There is a video of a guy on YouTube throwing one off a building and across a parking lot and dared everyone else there to do the same with whatever they were packing. It covers the full spectrum and is definitely unique as a cross between public service and military. They aren’t that expensive either.

Found the link.
This guy slaps like a step dad.

I won’t be doing this with any of mine.

 

[Floridarailfanning]

Thales Liberty is pretty sick too.

The big drawback with the Liberty is that it's Phase I only. No support for TDMA.

 

[KN4EHX]

Other than only being Phase I is the biggest drawback. Although I would say there is more Phase I in use than Phase II across the US. In my state it is a mixed bag, but the trunked interoperability talk groups are usually Phase I for Tennessee at least. Most large metro areas are Phase I, but again that depends on what state.

 

[TDR-94]

Unless someone has hacked it, the THALES Liberty requires a system key for P25 Phase 1 trunked systems. THALES stopped generating system keys when they EOL'd it years ago.

 

[specopsdiverdude]

@jruta

Gotcha. I should have thought of that lol
Thanks for the info and my apologies for the delayed response

@KN4EHX

That figures lol
I decided to buy an apx4000 to have with me when I'm out on the farm working in case something kicks off. I'd really like to have a Harris, but finding a programmer in my area is tough. So i just go with my second favorite, good ol Motorola. Thales is a good product as well!
Use- I happily go pull floaters (bodies) and evidence out of the water when needed. The dark side of scuba diving lol Pretty stinky job sometimes too!!
Thanks for your input and my apologies for the delayed response!

Cheers gents!

 

[KN4EHX]

That figures lol
I decided to buy an apx4000 to have with me when I'm out on the farm working in case something kicks off. I'd really like to have a Harris, but finding a programmer in my area is tough. So i just go with my second favorite, good ol Motorola. Thales is a good product as well!
Use- I happily go pull floaters (bodies) and evidence out of the water when needed. The dark side of scuba diving lol Pretty stinky job sometimes too!!
Thanks for your input and my apologies for the delayed response!

Cheers gents!

Good luck with the 4000. They are good radios. If you ever need any help just give a shout and I’ll try to help out however I can. Although I’m not an expert by any stretch, but for more advanced stuff there is plenty of people who frequent RR that are God’s gift of all things wireless.

Stay safe in the H2O!

 

[specopsdiverdude]

Much appreciated Sir!!
The 4000 and 6000 is what is being used in the area currently. The only issue is that there's not enough to go around for all the team members; although we use active 911 for page out and commo, it's use is limited. It's a lot easier to notify local dispatch centers with a radio when I'm going thru their areas responding to a multi county away incident and to keep in touch with who's responding to get the dive truck and any shore tenders to see who is working the incident. I like the 6000. It may be my xmas gift to myself lol

That I'll definitely keep working on!! You can never be too safe down there

 

[rescue161]

We were just given demos for several Motorola radios and they had an all-band SRX2200H. The "H" denoted that it was a HAZLOC model.

 

[GTR8000]

We were just given demos for several Motorola radios and they had an all-band SRX2200H. The "H" denoted that it was a HAZLOC model.

That would've been an APX8000H with the QA02590 SRX Enhancement Package. The SRX2200 is a single-band radio, so if you need multi-band capability, you're getting an APX8000 with the optional SRX package.

 

[rescue161]

These were definitely labeled SRX2200H. And the had the NVG option too.

 

[GTR8000]

These were definitely labeled SRX2200H. And the had the NVG option too.

That's all well and good, but underneath it's an APX8000H. There is no native multi-band SRX2200 model.

 

[rescue161]

Understood completely. It just threw me off when I popped the battery off and saw the SRX label along with the badge on the front cover. I did note that there were several radios marked with labels stating that they were not type accepted by the FCC and not for sale. They had a good number of the APXNext extreme models along with various flavors of the SRX and APX XE radios.

On the few that I put into test mode, the flashcodes were very strange as they used special characters like #(#%5/-$&)4%8-2.

 

[GTR8000]

Yeah, those flashcodes with special characters have been around for a while now, I've come across a few of them myself, primarily on APX8000's