[Motorola] Can This Be Done?

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> Is it possible, without much trouble and fuss, to replace a Syntor Xx
> push-button control head with a System 9000 A9?  I've got two of these in
> my car and would like to upgrade the control heads to something newer. 
> IL State Police still use these older heads, btw.

I'd say the answer is probably no. The Personality and Common Circuits
boards on an X9000 are different from an X. But the right person to ask 
for a definitive answer is Mike Blenderman, K7IC. He probably knows more
about the Syntor family than just about anybody. Check his web site at:

http://www.open.org/~blenderm/syntorx/

Two minor nit-picky points, BTW, excerpted from Mike's fine site:

"The Syntor X, Syntor X 9000 and Syntor X 9000E radios use a drop 
shadow graphic behind the X. This drop shadow is cosmetic only and 
there are no Motorola Syntor XX, Syntor XX 9000 or Syntor XX 9000E 
radios. Even manuals that have this drop shadow X on the cover do not 
have any XX models in their model charts, anywhere. However, there are 
Syntor X2 and Syntor X3 trunking radios, so the use of the XX can be 
potentially confusing and should be avoided."

and

"Another common and even more confusing mistake is to call a Syntor 
X 9000 or Syntor X 9000E control head an A9 control head. A9 control 
heads are conventional Spectra conventional Systems 9000 control 
heads and some of them may not work with a Syntor X 9000 / 9000E 
radio."

Cheers,
Tom Leber
(new owner of a nice UHF X9000 purchased from
Mike.)


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