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Convert a X9000 to dual head?

Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 6:43 pm
by KC6UNF
Is there a way to do this?
I looked around on Mikes site,but didn't
see anything addressed directly to this.
Thanks,
Doug

Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 7:35 pm
by kb0nly
Yes, and i have worked out most of the details on it. The biggest problem is finding the rear head cable, or making one from other cables. It's basically a control cable with no orange or green wires at the control head and a passthrough "T" on the radio end, like a siren/pa cable.

The rear head is a 1071 with the power switch blocked in the on position. You can convert a 1073 and possibly other model heads to a 1071. You can't run two 1033's, i've tried it.

Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 7:40 pm
by kb0nly
Forgot to mention.. If your not against hacking up the cables you can just piggyback the connections at the radio connector.

I bought some replacement connector contacts for the radio end off fleabay a while back and had planned to take a couple control cables and recrimp them together at the radio end, thereby eliminating the passthrough connector.

Of course you could also strip and solder in the second cable, etc.

Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 5:29 am
by George
The model number of head mentioned is not entirely true. You don't need to have a 1071 or a 1076 in order to do this. What you do need is a 1036 or above for both heads. 1045 will work, 1063 will work, 1062 use as a wheel chock, 1073 will work for front or rear.

1033 will work if you upgrade the processor. Early on, I ordered and upgraded several processors in 1033 type heads and made them work in F/R applications.

One note: the head must be equipped with an 8K eeprom. If you upgrade a control head processor, it will not work unless the eeprom is upgraded to 8K.

George