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Keyloading an Astro Spectra Dash Mount

Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 1:46 pm
by Greg2561
I have an 800 MHz Astro Spectra that was a remote mount radio and has been converted to a dash mount. The radio has multikey encryption and currently has 2 keys loaded which I use with an astro saber. I have a couple other radios that have encryption modules and need to keyload them as well. I have never done keyloading, but as I understand it, a key can not be read from the radio, only written. If that is the case I will need to have the whole group of radios keyloaded. The guy that is going to do it for me has the cable for the spectra, but has never keyloaded a spectra, so....
My question is......Can he keyload it through the mic jack, or would it have to be returned to a remote mount in order for it to be loaded?

Thanks,
Greg

Re: Keyloading an Astro Spectra Dash Mount

Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 2:37 pm
by txshooter
You will have no problems keyloading this through the mic jack. You are correct in you will need to re-key the rest of the radios as you can not read keys from the radio.

Re: Keyloading an Astro Spectra Dash Mount

Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 3:19 pm
by Greg2561
Excellent. I was already figuring how much garbage I was gonna have to go through to take the radio out, make it remote again, then redo the whole porocess in reverse once it was done. Thanks a lot. Greg.