Astro Saber II UHF (403-470Mhz) convert to Astro Saber III

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vr2xst
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Astro Saber II UHF (403-470Mhz) convert to Astro Saber III

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Anybody know how to (the procedure etc) convert my Astro Saber II to Astro Saber III ?

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dxon2m
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Re: Astro Saber II UHF (403-470Mhz) convert to Astro Saber III

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Replace the housing, some of the time the keypad under the housing is already a M3 keypad. Just get a M3 housing (bit hard to find nowadays). Dump the s-rec of a ASIII radio to your target radio. Align it to spec.

Feel free to correct me if needed :)
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Re: Astro Saber II UHF (403-470Mhz) convert to Astro Saber III

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M3 housing hard to find? Send me a PM :lol:
vr2xst
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Re: Astro Saber II UHF (403-470Mhz) convert to Astro Saber III

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dxon2m wrote:Replace the housing, some of the time the keypad under the housing is already a M3 keypad. Just get a M3 housing (bit hard to find nowadays). Dump the s-rec of a ASIII radio to your target radio. Align it to spec.

Feel free to correct me if needed :)
What is meaning of "S-rec of a Astro III" ?

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Re: Astro Saber II UHF (403-470Mhz) convert to Astro Saber III

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S record of the radio. Basiclly the radio codeplug but in it's unpacked form. You need to use MTSX Lab to dump the s-rec to the radio. You can probably ask someone for this file. But asking for the software to do so is definitely out of the bounds.
vr2xst
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Re: Astro Saber II UHF (403-470Mhz) convert to Astro Saber III

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Please advise which verison of MTSX Lab to be used?


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Re: Astro Saber II UHF (403-470Mhz) convert to Astro Saber III

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I believe it has be to above R03.04.00. Search the board for details on how to do it.
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