[Motorola] Can This Be Done?

Fri, 17 May 2002 22:41:21 -0500

Thanks, Tom.  That's what I needed to know.

73's,
Elden

On Fri, 17 May 2002 13:45:25 EDT [email protected] writes:
> 
> > 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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