Motorola XPR3500e MOTOTRBO Digital Portable Two-Way Radio (VHF 136–174 MHz)

The XPR3500e VHF is the version of the XPR3300e for organizations that have outgrown a 16-channel no-display radio. Where the XPR3300e NKP suits workers with a fixed role on a fixed channel — a groundskeeper who stays on Channel 3, a parking team who stays on Channel 5 — the XPR3500e LKP is for workers who cross functional boundaries during a shift. An outdoor campus security officer moving between general operations, emergency response, and maintenance coordination; a utility field supervisor jumping between crew channels and dispatch; a transportation coordinator switching between route teams and operations control. All of these workers need to see which channel they are on, switch between channel groups quickly, and access features on the radio itself rather than waiting for a radio administrator to reprogram their unit.

At 5W across the 136–174 MHz VHF band, the XPR3500e delivers the outdoor propagation advantage: effective coverage across open terrain, agricultural land, outdoor campus environments, and large facilities without building-density interference. With 128 channels organized across the programmable keypad, the XPR3500e handles multi-department outdoor operations where a single radio must participate in multiple talk groups across a shift. The monochrome display shows channel identity, battery level, and call alerts — information that matters when a radio is clipped to a belt rather than held in hand, and when workers move fast enough that they cannot hear a voice announcement confirm their channel change.

The XPR3500e LKP model includes Transmit Interrupt (Encode) capability — allowing a supervisor or dispatcher to interrupt an ongoing transmission and break through to the channel immediately. This is a supervisory control tool: a site manager can cut through a long field report or an extended crew conversation to issue an urgent instruction without waiting for the channel to clear. The XPR3300e NKP model supports only the Decode side of this feature, meaning it can receive an interrupt but cannot initiate one. Encode capability is a function of the display model and its expanded feature access.

IP67 waterproofing — confirmed at 1 meter / 30 minutes in the official datasheet — protects the radio from full submersion, relevant for outdoor operations in heavy rain, near irrigation systems, or on sites where equipment is exposed to standing water. The IMPRES 2100mAh standard battery delivers 19.5 hours in digital mode on a 5-5-90 duty cycle. The optional 3000mAh high-capacity battery extends runtime to 28.5 hours, covering operations that span three full outdoor shifts without a battery swap. IMPRES Battery Management monitors charge cycle history and battery health, alerting fleet managers to batteries approaching end of service life before they fail during a shift.

Operating the Motorola XPR3500e VHF on licensed frequencies in the United States requires an FCC Part 90 license. This applies to commercial and business radio use across utilities, campus operations, transportation and logistics, outdoor facilities management, and other organizations on private licensed VHF frequencies in the 136–174 MHz band.

AXDIGITAL supplies the XPR3500e VHF as a genuine, factory-sealed Motorola unit, and we can share guidance on where FCC Part 90 licensing starts — including how to identify VHF frequencies compatible with your existing equipment and site. VHF is the standard band for outdoor operations with large coverage footprints. For multi-site deployments using IP Site Connect or Capacity Plus, we can point you toward what frequency selection across sites involves to prevent inter-site interference.

The XPR3500e VHF is FCC Part 90 certified (FCC ID: AZ489FT7069) and supports DMR digital modulation (ETSI TS 102 361). For organizations running 128-channel plans across multiple departments or sites, we can also point you toward channel planning practices that apply..

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