Upgrading Astro Saber Mdl II to Mdl III

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gatekeep
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Upgrading Astro Saber Mdl II to Mdl III

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I am testing the waters here, and would like to know what is involved in upgrading a model II Astro Saber into a model III Astro Saber. I already have a model III codeplug in the radio, just want to know what else is involved hardware wise to convert the radio. If anyone has the guesstimate prices on the parts needed too that would be great ...
- Bryan
"So the best solution is to paint them to blue color and throw them to the sea?" in reference to MTS2000 F01/93.
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Re: Upgrading Astro Saber Mdl II to Mdl III

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gatekeep wrote:I am testing the waters here, and would like to know what is involved in upgrading a model II Astro Saber into a model III Astro Saber. I already have a model III codeplug in the radio, just want to know what else is involved hardware wise to convert the radio. If anyone has the guesstimate prices on the parts needed too that would be great ...
All you need to do is swap out the housing at this point. A new housing LIST from MOL is about 146.00 IIRC.


Jim
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