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If I were to do it... it would be for the fun of trying. There are enough CCR's on the market that it doesn't have a practical purpose.

At the risk of stating the obvious... I am not sure what the point would be for most people, well, other than the fun of trying it. Should you actually be able to reflash the MXT400 with different firmware, it would no longer be Part95E certified. In which case, you might as well just buy the Luiton to begin with. Of course, if you don't care about running a Part95E certified radio, and you have some MXT400s that you'd rather have running wide-band... well, that makes sense.

If the Midland and the Luiton truly have the exact same board, that means firmware is the only thing stopping the MXT400 from being wide-band capable. Makes me wonder if I should try flashing one of my 400's with a LT-590 image?

A couple of comments related to this discussion. #1) I'd be surprised if the cost per unit of certifying a radio for the FCC adds more than a dollar to the unit cost. Based on this site (and others), the cost of getting a radio certified looks like it is usually under $5000 #2) As to the difference between two, otherwise identical, radios. One being Part95E certified, the other Part 15 or Part90. My guess is the only difference is operational limitations to conform to the Part95E rules. I really doubt there is any difference in the actual transmitter or receiver circuitry. So, If my second comment is accurate, and the two radios discussed in this topic are truly identical (other than changes to comply with Part95E). there is no way anyone listening could possibly know if you were on a Luiton LT-590 or a Midland XMT400. YMMV