How to make an A5 or A7 head work on an A9 Spectra?

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SpectraBob
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How to make an A5 or A7 head work on an A9 Spectra?

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I have a mid-power (45-watts) 800-mhz Conventional (non-trunking) Spectra radio, that came from the factory configured to work with an A9 control head.

What do I have to do to make it work properly with either an A5 or A7 control head? Or, is it even possible? I prefer to use this smaller head type, due to space restrictions.

Thanks in advance for any help given...

Bob
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Re: How to make an A5 or A7 head work on an A9 Spectra?

Post by Jim202 »

Hack the codeplug.

You might want to take a look at the normal "BATLABS.COM"
site and go to the Spectra mobile section. There has been
a considerable amount of chatter and links on the subject.

Jim


SpectraBob wrote:I have a mid-power (45-watts) 800-mhz Conventional (non-trunking) Spectra radio, that came from the factory configured to work with an A9 control head.

What do I have to do to make it work properly with either an A5 or A7 control head? Or, is it even possible? I prefer to use this smaller head type, due to space restrictions.

Thanks in advance for any help given...

Bob
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Post by kcbooboo »

There's also a few paragraphs about doing that in a Spectra article(Miscellaneous Spectra Notes) in the Motorola/Spectra section on http://www.repeater-builder.com

Bob M.
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