@@kd9fal Well the rest of them sold but getting mine on wensday so I’ll see what’s happens, Where is the best place to find the newest firmware to cps 16 luckily it hasent been upgraded to 2.0
Wow… THANK YOU!! With over 30 years in the public safety and radio world, I never encountered or thought to identify radios by band. This is a phenomenal concept for “cache” radio inventory. You can quickly identify the band by color - so simple yet brilliant. For most of my labeling, have been using my Rhino 6000 label printer to create high strength adhesive labels with basic info: Make / Model / Firmware Ver. / Band(s) / Type (analog / p25 phase-1 or 2 / DMR / combinations) / Radio ID / Emergency ID / Pri Talkgroup(s) / Group ID / Date placed in service / Date last programmed / CPS Ver last used to program / Battery Capacity / Battery date / Admin Unit y/n? (DMR feature control) / Contact Details / Etc.. It seems like overkill at times, so thinking of going with an “inventory ID” with all details in a db and laminated hardcopy in each case. Using the color coding method for band might be made more functional with the ID printed on the color coded label or tag..? What are YOU using to label your antennas? Heat shrink tubing? (but.. possible heat damage to antenna?) Tape? (would likely look messy and get all “gooey” with time and heat) Thanks Sir. Nice channel & videos!
@@PowderMill they are Motorola Antenna ID bands. As far as a database, I use snipeit. It is an asset management database for IT equipment, but I have made it work for my radio equipment. I can assign radios to a location, user, kit, etc. Makes it easy to keep track of maintenance, do audits, etc.
The /\/\ XPR-7550e is a nice radio, especially compared to most Chinesium DMR radios (OTHER than Hytera) But ONLY if the radio is being issuing to users and isn’t for personal use or use for techs or interop work. The radio is fairly rugged, it has decent batteries and accessories, etc… The only real dilemma?? It has *ZERO* FPP capabilities. The only “solutions” to this limitation are: A: Flashing to AA Asian model which supposedly supports FPP functionality (but I d never seen one “in the wild”) B: The other option = The real crappy & extremely limited option board product from a company located in Georgia. It is ultra limited and quite pricey$$. It permits you to use VFO type programming of a single channel, allows you to modify: tx-freq / rx-freq / CC / slot / (and possibly CTCSS /DCS for analog use).
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Just bought a 7550 with battery, lapel mic and charger for 150! just need to program and figure that out
@@thegamingchanel100 you got a pretty good deal on it for $150 if it is in good condition
@@kd9fal he still has some more for sale actually, they all need batterys but they are 7550’s uhf Might try and buy the rest! Any suggestions?
@@thegamingchanel100 Make sure they don’t have a code plug password. Other than that not many other suggestions.
@@kd9fal Well the rest of them sold but getting mine on wensday so I’ll see what’s happens, Where is the best place to find the newest firmware to cps 16 luckily it hasent been upgraded to 2.0
@@thegamingchanel100 Motorola has the CPS 16.0 available. You have to sign up for a business account.
Nice radio, where do you buy the bands on the antenna from?
@flightstatic4662 I purchase them from Wiscomm. They are great to work with a d seem to have some of the lowest prices.
@@kd9fal Thanks, i'll look them up!
Wow… THANK YOU!!
With over 30 years in the public safety and radio world, I never encountered or thought to identify radios by band.
This is a phenomenal concept for “cache” radio inventory.
You can quickly identify the band by color - so simple yet brilliant.
For most of my labeling, have been using my Rhino 6000 label printer to create high strength adhesive labels with basic info:
Make / Model / Firmware Ver. / Band(s) / Type (analog / p25 phase-1 or 2 / DMR / combinations) / Radio ID / Emergency ID / Pri Talkgroup(s) / Group ID / Date placed in service / Date last programmed / CPS Ver last used to program / Battery Capacity / Battery date / Admin Unit y/n? (DMR feature control) / Contact Details / Etc..
It seems like overkill at times, so thinking of going with an “inventory ID” with all details in a db and laminated hardcopy in each case. Using the color coding method for band might be made more functional with the ID printed on the color coded label or tag..?
What are YOU using to label your antennas?
Heat shrink tubing?
(but.. possible heat damage to antenna?)
Tape?
(would likely look messy and get all “gooey” with time and heat)
Thanks Sir.
Nice channel & videos!
@@PowderMill they are Motorola Antenna ID bands. As far as a database, I use snipeit. It is an asset management database for IT equipment, but I have made it work for my radio equipment. I can assign radios to a location, user, kit, etc. Makes it easy to keep track of maintenance, do audits, etc.
The /\/\ XPR-7550e is a nice radio, especially compared to most Chinesium DMR radios (OTHER than Hytera)
But ONLY if the radio is being issuing to users and isn’t for personal use or use for techs or interop work.
The radio is fairly rugged, it has decent batteries and accessories, etc…
The only real dilemma??
It has *ZERO* FPP capabilities.
The only “solutions” to this limitation are:
A: Flashing to AA Asian model which supposedly supports FPP functionality (but I d never seen one “in the wild”)
B: The other option = The real crappy & extremely limited option board product from a company located in Georgia.
It is ultra limited and quite pricey$$. It permits you to use VFO type programming of a single channel, allows you to modify: tx-freq / rx-freq / CC / slot / (and possibly CTCSS /DCS for analog use).