Stolen radios?

[nokones]

Yea I bought a used radio on Ebay luckily no password, but still contained conventional programming from it's past fire life.

Those agencies were no where near my location.

Just recently, I bought a XPR7550e from a seller that didn't have very many sales and the radio was password protected. Consequently, I returned the radio and received a refund based on that the radio received was not as advertised.

So far, I am not too impressed with the Motorola Mototrbo XPR DMR stuff especially with the encryption, and a couple of the other features on the XPR5550e and XPR7550e radios. It is amazing that Motorola would make stuff like this. I'll take P25 stuff any day.

 

[DeoVindice]

Just recently, I bought a XPR7550e from a seller that didn't have very many sales and the radio was password protected. Consequently, I returned the radio and received a refund based on that the radio received was not as advertised.

There's a reason that the saying on EBay is to shop the seller as much as the product. Plenty of guys on there are selling genuine surplus but you'll run into suspicious listings all the time. I keep an eye out for sellers with low feedback selling newer radios with no charger and/or a TRS obviously programmed.

So far, I am not too impressed with the Motorola Mototrbo XPR DMR stuff especially with the encryption, and a couple of the other features on the XPR5550e and XPR7550e radios. It is amazing that Motorola would make stuff like this. I'll take P25 stuff any day.

Having used them occupationally, I tend to view that entire ecosystem as more of a life safety hazard than a useful tool once the job requires a gas meter or double hearing protection. Roaming, emergency implementation, audio quality, and system reliability all bothered me (oh, and who thought that mounting the SMA to the main board was a good idea? I permanently bent one when it fell out of my pocket while wrenching on a D11). The ergonomic issues and lack of actual robust encryption algorithms are what sunk it for us; I'll happily pay more for a VP5000 over an XPR or R7. At least the R7 improved audio performance. Tying it back to this thread, the availability of good used hardware from reputable sellers makes things even easier by approaching cost parity.

 

[KevinC]

It took 21 posts for people to start bashing Motorola in a thread that had absolutely nothing to do with Motorola. Not too shabby.

And no need to respond to this post, so let's get back on topic.

 

[kc2asb]

There's a reason that the saying on EBay is to shop the seller as much as the product. Plenty of guys on there are selling genuine surplus but you'll run into suspicious listings all the time. I keep an eye out for sellers with low feedback selling newer radios with no charger and/or a TRS obviously programmed.

+1. When considering a radio at a hamfest or similar venue, don't buy unless the seller can power it up and you can check the programming.