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    PACNWComms reacted to Lscott in Motorola XPR6550.jpeg   
    I have a few Motorola radios. The XPR6550 is a good choice. You can buy them for reasonable prices. They also use a standard SMA type antenna connector. The XPR7550 is a better radio, but they are expensive used and have a funky stud type antenna port. So, if you need to use an external antenna you want the XPR6550.
    The XPR6580, with instructions found on the Internet, can be hacked to get it operational on the Ham 33cm band. No hardware modifications are necessary.
    Radio specifications are here:
    https://www.motorolasolutions.com/content/dam/msi/docs/business/products/two-way_radios/portable_radios/wide_area_large_business_portable_radios/xpr_6500/_documents/static_files/mototrbo_portable_spec_sheet.pdf
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    PACNWComms got a reaction from frankinshine in CDM1550GMRS.JPG   
    Motorola CDM1550-LS+, surplus from commercial market use and re-tooled for GMRS. The Astron power supply is a little bit "overkill" but I often add a second radio to these Astron power supplies. Usually there will be a VHF radio stacked underneath a UHF version used as a base-station in my world.
    This came from the practice of stacking radios in the military, having the lower radio being lower frequency. VHF-Lo, then VHF Commercial/Military, and (Motorola) UHF band 1, then UHF band 2, 800 MHz, 900 MHz, etc. 
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    PACNWComms got a reaction from wayoverthere in 20211109_132317.jpg   
    I drive 'em until they are destroyed, but am also a bit envious at that room. Nothing I own now  has room for stacked control heads, to include similar scanner and radio (BCT15 and MCS2000 model 1). I had to buy a cheap Radioditty DB20-G that fit a storage hole in the dash for my current daily driver. Having a dedicated scanner mobile is something I miss now, and handhelds just lack the tactile "form factor" that I like.
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    PACNWComms reacted to SteveC7010 in CDM1550GMRS.JPG   
    Sweet!  I have a CDM1250 setup for my GMRS base station using a Motorola power supply. 
    In my truck I run a PM400 for GMRS. My wife’s car gets a CP200 with speaker mic (she likes the smaller handful) with a quarter wave spike on the roof.
    I use CP200s for portables and there’s a CP200XLS, a PR400 or two, and some EX500s in reserve. 

    Reliable gear all around. 
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    PACNWComms got a reaction from ShadetreeMechanic in CDM1550GMRS.JPG   
    Motorola CDM1550-LS+, surplus from commercial market use and re-tooled for GMRS. The Astron power supply is a little bit "overkill" but I often add a second radio to these Astron power supplies. Usually there will be a VHF radio stacked underneath a UHF version used as a base-station in my world.
    This came from the practice of stacking radios in the military, having the lower radio being lower frequency. VHF-Lo, then VHF Commercial/Military, and (Motorola) UHF band 1, then UHF band 2, 800 MHz, 900 MHz, etc. 
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    PACNWComms got a reaction from n4gix in CDM1550GMRS.JPG   
    Similar type of setup here as well:
    I used a Vertex VX-3200 UHF for GMRS for many years in my previous car, with a VHF one mounted right on top, fit my old Pontiac Grand Prix perfectly (was a police package car) bought for business use. They fit where the cubby hole would have been in the dash. However, with a new car, I ended up getting a Radioddity DB20-G for mobile use. Having VHF and UHF in the same radio is great.
    Portables varies between Anytone 878's, some HT1250's, and an XPR6550. Somewhere there is a GM-30 and HT750's. Motorola radios make for some great GMRS units.....that may be the end game for many that become surplus at work. Maybe even get a few more people using them and joining this site at some point too. Thank you for the response.
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    PACNWComms got a reaction from wayoverthere in CDM1550GMRS.JPG   
    Similar type of setup here as well:
    I used a Vertex VX-3200 UHF for GMRS for many years in my previous car, with a VHF one mounted right on top, fit my old Pontiac Grand Prix perfectly (was a police package car) bought for business use. They fit where the cubby hole would have been in the dash. However, with a new car, I ended up getting a Radioddity DB20-G for mobile use. Having VHF and UHF in the same radio is great.
    Portables varies between Anytone 878's, some HT1250's, and an XPR6550. Somewhere there is a GM-30 and HT750's. Motorola radios make for some great GMRS units.....that may be the end game for many that become surplus at work. Maybe even get a few more people using them and joining this site at some point too. Thank you for the response.
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    PACNWComms got a reaction from SteveC7010 in CDM1550GMRS.JPG   
    Motorola CDM1550-LS+, surplus from commercial market use and re-tooled for GMRS. The Astron power supply is a little bit "overkill" but I often add a second radio to these Astron power supplies. Usually there will be a VHF radio stacked underneath a UHF version used as a base-station in my world.
    This came from the practice of stacking radios in the military, having the lower radio being lower frequency. VHF-Lo, then VHF Commercial/Military, and (Motorola) UHF band 1, then UHF band 2, 800 MHz, 900 MHz, etc. 
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