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ONE head to control 2 radios cdm's? fact or fiction?

Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 9:50 am
by giguchan
I heard from questionable ssource that Moto has delevoped a single control head that will control 2 tranceivers of diffrent Bands, I cant seem to find anything about this , So i think it may be rubbish.this would be ideal for me and my cdm's but i think it may be all too good to be true.

Anyone hear of anything like this?

Re: ONE head to control 2 radios cdm's? fact or fiction?

Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 10:25 am
by NickH
If you've got about $10k burning a hole in your pocket you can buy an XTL5000 dual radio setup with a W3 control head.

Re: ONE head to control 2 radios cdm's? fact or fiction?

Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 10:38 am
by giguchan
really then?

10 K? sounds normal by moto standards.. I just bought a new watch... so no new radios as of yet, but thanks for the reply.. i have to check my email address on here i was not notified of your post i just looked in.
Thanks again.

Re: ONE head to control 2 radios cdm's? fact or fiction?

Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 9:50 pm
by Bill_G
Years ago I did this with Systems 90 heads, but never tried it with a CDM. I don't know how you would steer the control bus and volume without an intermediate arbitration box.

Re: ONE head to control 2 radios cdm's? fact or fiction?

Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2009 12:10 am
by giguchan
yeah i know.. i was just hoping that thistime it was more fact than fiction.. i think i'll have to take the other guys suggestion ahahaha . I've had 2 control heads for this long i guess i can live with it a little longer.

Re: ONE head to control 2 radios cdm's? fact or fiction?

Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2009 5:49 am
by Bill_G
There may have been a real Moto SP out there, but I'm not aware of it. Obviously they have done it with several other models. It may be possible, but they are chicken teeth.

Re: ONE head to control 2 radios cdm's? fact or fiction?

Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2009 7:26 am
by fineshot1
There was a real moto cdm dual head system but per the threads below there were some problems.

http://batboard.batlabs.com/viewtopic.p ... ntrol+head+

http://batboard.batlabs.com/viewtopic.p ... ntrol+head+

http://batboard.batlabs.com/viewtopic.p ... ntrol+head+

Hey gig good luck / happy holidays & long time no chat......dan n2aym

Re: ONE head to control 2 radios cdm's? fact or fiction?

Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2009 1:36 pm
by giguchan
Hey all,
Thanks for the reply. I will look and see what i can come up with. it's not all fire important, just getting sick of 2 heads and a chevy frailblazer that wont make it easy.I actually did the install once before(previous truck) i'm just whining..

Re: ONE head to control 2 radios cdm's? fact or fiction?

Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2009 5:01 pm
by Cam
Kenwood tk-x90
not really in the same class as the CDM's but who couldn't use an upgrade :lol:

Re: ONE head to control 2 radios cdm's? fact or fiction?

Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2009 5:41 pm
by giguchan
Hey,
Thanks for the reply! you are right! might have to get a bigger truck!

Re: ONE head to control 2 radios cdm's? fact or fiction?

Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 10:16 am
by abbylind
The RF Harris Tyco Macom Ericsson GE Orions have that set up> Just removed my set up from my Chevy. Had a UHF and an 800 on one control head. If you get the right cables you can use a one handed mike/control head on 2 radios. Works great!

Fowler

Re: ONE head to control 2 radios cdm's? fact or fiction?

Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 10:27 am
by giguchan
Really?
Thanks for the tip... that sounds like something that i also might have to look into.
thanks again