I ran into a dual radio/single W3 head XTL5000 that the owner would like to convert to 2 singe radios with their own heads. Is this doable? The radios are a hi-power VHF and a mid-power UHF. Not sure of the firmware off the top of my head. And before I forget, I did a search on this but came up with nothing.
It looks like you can just disable the dual radio option in the radio wide > advanced II window, but I understand there are hardware differences as well. Is the interconnect the same for the single radio as it is for the dual radio?
Ultimately, we want to end up with 2 separate radios with w4 or w7 heads. I am reluctant to just swap parts... I really dont want to fry anything.
XTL5000 dual radio conversion
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XTL5000 dual radio conversion
James Eslinger
York, Maine
York, Maine
Re: XTL5000 dual radio conversion
Well, there's no special hardware on the brick side for dual radio. However, since the W3 TIBs are electrically different than the W4-W9 TIBs, you'll have to swap them out. First, you'll want to disable the dual radio programming in each radio, then convert the head type in software, THEN change out the hardware.