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VP 8000 pricing, no release date yet

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Vp8000 pricing is now available.

I just priced out a radio I would use for demos, but real customer use, you're look at msrp $8xxx.00 plus, ballpark with most of the bells and whistles.
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Is that list price?

Seems pretty high. I just ordered a couple of fully decked out Harris XL-200p's for about $2K less than that. That included all bands, the LTE/WiFi option, P25 1 and 2, encryption, BeON, big battery, speaker mic, charger, etc, etc...
 
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MSRP = "List Price"
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Thanks, missed that.

So, probably in the $5k to $6k range with NASPO. That seems a bit more reasonable, but higher than I was hoping. Was kind of expecting Kenwood/EFJ to come in a bit lower than the competition.

If they add NXDN, I'll be a bit more excited, maybe even consider it as a "Luxury" transceiver.
 
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mmckenna said:
Thanks, missed that.

So, probably in the $5k to $6k range with NASPO. That seems a bit more reasonable, but higher than I was hoping. Was kind of expecting Kenwood/EFJ to come in a bit lower than the competition.

If they add NXDN, I'll be a bit more excited, maybe even consider it as a "Luxury" transceiver.
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If it will cover more than one digital mode will definitely make it the Cadillac of portables. For the poor souls such as myself, I have a rather large stack of VHF, UHF, and 7-800 MHz radios on various modes I have to tote around to speak with our neighbors. It would be nice to just fly through zones and not have to juggle multiple radios. There isn’t much information on Kenwood’s website as of yet that I’ve been able to find - haven’t dug in too deep - but there is good potential. As for myself NXDN won’t be in the equation, but DMR and P25 definitely. We opted for all band APX Next, but I did advocate for Kenwood just because we have been Kenwood users for many many years. Unfortunately they are just a little too late on the scene.
 
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KN4EHX said:
Unfortunately they are just a little too late on the scene.
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They have some catching up to do.
Rumor is that Tait is right behind them with a similar radio that may include P25 and DMR.

Usually IWCE is when a lot of this stuff gets released, but Kenwood/EFJ was MIA this year.
APCO is coming up next month, maybe more info there.
 
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