How easy to change 146-174 Astro Saber to 136-174?

[kyledooley]

Astro Saber II with 1meg Vocon.

Is it easy to convert a 146-174 radio to a 136-174 radio, (for example just bit banging the firmware) or is that a hardware problem.

I have my eye on one for ham use but I realized later it is a 146+ bandsplit.

Even tricking the CPS is good enough for what I want to do.

Thoughts? Searching for anything containing "astro" or "saber" is always such a chore.

Thanks,


Kyle

[akardam]

An Astro Saber is already capable of 136-174 out of the box.

Are you thinking of a different radio?

[kyledooley]

Thank you. I thought that was the case, but when I decoded the model number I got 146-174 split, which if you check the batlabs AS page shows as one of the possible splits.

I've never seen one that didn't do 136, but after reading I thought I must have been wrong.

K.

[N4DES]

I have never had an issue programming or using the amateur 145.XXX freqs into a 146-174MHz Spectra Mobile and I'm pretty sure the portable will act the same, which is a flagged error in CPS that you can pretty much ignore.