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Update: Thanks to @Radioguy7268 my first VX-264 is on the air in wide-band mode. Some notes for those who may follow... My Vertex Standard branded VX-264 with firmware 2.07 just arrived today and I used the Motorola CS150 v5.01 international version software to program it. To switch the radio to accept wide-band channel settings I used the Wide_Band_Recovery_Tool software v1.03. (This is not available from Motorola but, thanks to Radioguy7268, I can share a copy with anyone who needs it.) NOTE: with the VX-261/264 radios you must use v1.03, v1.02 does not support them. I did not use, though I have ordered one, the FIF-12 programming adapter. Instead, I used the <$20 CT-106p cable from BlueMax49ers. Extras: I do not own any windows machines so I used a Win-7 VM in VirtualBox for the wide-band recovery and programming. Also, as my MacBook only has USB-C ports, I used a USB-A to USB-C adapter. So far I am very pleased with the radio and find it almost ideal suited for CERT type applications.