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Is anyone able to confirm that the latest TP9900 firmware version does include FPP, and if so, if an SFE key is required? I'm getting conflicting info from dealers about it.
A TP9560 I was testing had bad desense on the commercial bands, initially thought the unit was faulty. A Motorola DP4800 sitting next to it was just fine. Tried 7m of vertical separation on stock antenna - no change at all.
The TP9900 is worse - albeit on amateur radio frequencies.
It doesn't show up as a valid SFE for the 9900, and from what I've heard it does not work, so I'm assuming no - I've not seen the custom firmware image for the 9800 listed anywhere either - should that be in Partner Portal?
I'm curious if anyone else has heard updates regarding TPAS118 / FPP for the TP9900 - last my dealer heard, it was "in the works with a planned release by end-of-year," but I've heard nothing since then and am starting to doubt it.
The DMR/analogue mode switch + scanning improvements we got back in August were nice, but I cannot help but feel that the rollout of improvements for the 9900-series has been rather slow, especially as someone who has also been working with VP8000s since right around their introduction. Both of these radios started out feeling very "beta product," but the VP has decidedly graduated from that stage. I'm not sure I can really say the same for the 9900s right now...
The VP8000 is priced significantly more than the TP9900 though, and considerable “chunkier”. Heck, the VP8000 has NXDN in the pipeline.
While it is an apples to apples comparison (DMR, P25, multiband), there can also be an argument that they serve different markets, no matter what Tait intended.