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XTL5000 W4 remote to dash

Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2017 7:43 am
by NSPD
I know this is the opposite of what most people do... but I have a remote mount XTL5000 with a W-series TIB that I removed from a Futurecom repeater package. I also have a W4 remote head. I would like to convert this mobile to a dash mount.

Is there anything additional I need to make this work after I take the back off the remote W4 head and the TIB off the radio? Can I use the same head bridge and flex?

Thanks!

Re: XTL5000 W4 remote to dash

Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2017 8:09 am
by motorola_otaku
Head bridge is the same, the flex is not. Think about how the head mates to an Astro Spectra and you'll understand why.

Re: XTL5000 W4 remote to dash

Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2017 9:41 am
by NSPD
motorola_otaku wrote:Head bridge is the same, the flex is not. Think about how the head mates to an Astro Spectra and you'll understand why.
Excellent.. I will try and find the appropriate flex then.

Thanks for the info!

Re: XTL5000 W4 remote to dash

Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2017 4:27 pm
by spectragod
Any w series flex for a xtl will work.

Re: XTL5000 W4 remote to dash

Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2017 4:39 pm
by NSPD
So.... I can use the flex that was connecting the brick to the W-Series TIB then? Just connect it to the back of the W4 head?

Edit: Nevermind, I see I can't. Off to the For Sale/Wanted forum!