SPECTRA & ASTRO HIGH POWER INTERCONNECT BOARD

[g-buster]

Does anyone know if there is an electrical difference between a Spectra (HLN-6226 or 29) high power interconnect board and an Astro (HLN-6574) high power interconnect board? Or, can they substitute for each other, or in the alternative, be modified without to much trouble?

[g-buster]

I apologize for not being more specific, these boards are for A3 and W3 respectively.

[Will]

On the high power interconnect boards there are lots of little 0 ohm resistors, jumpers, that determine the control head used.

[g-buster]

I have a high power SPECTRA A9 that I want to convert to an A3. I have access to an ASTRO W3 interconnect board and, was trying to find out if the W3 board would work in a regular Spectra or, if I would be able to modify the W3 board. I was looking to see if anyone had already tried this without smoking something.

[motorola_otaku]

Yes, the W3 Astro interconnects are specific to the W3 handheld control head. Yes, you will smoke things if you try plugging a non-W3 head into a W3 interconnect-equipped radio.

The interconnect from an A4/5/7/9 analog Spectra can be interchanged with the interconnect from a W4/5/7/9 Astro radio, with the caveat that an analog Spectra board won't support keyloading or flashing when used in an Astro radio.

[g-buster]

I'm trying to determine if a W3(high power) board can be used as an A3 (high power) board on a regular Spectra or not.

[jmr061]

No