BUILDING ASTRO SPECTRA

firemedic4 · Post by **firemedic4** » Tue Jan 27, 2004 9:07 pm

has anyone ever built an astro spectra from a plain old spectra ? and if so what is needed to build one... thanks

werdnuts · Post by **werdnuts** » Tue Jan 27, 2004 10:34 pm

just a guess, but i think the only thing that is similar is the physical housing. all the guts/circutry/pa and such are different.

-werd

spectragod · Post by **spectragod** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 6:40 pm

You need to change the following.....
RF board
Command board
Vocoder

The rest is the same.

SG

VE3TUH · Post by **VE3TUH** » Fri Jan 30, 2004 6:17 pm

SG, so is the display the same? I have seen astro displays on ebay, they claim they will not work with non-astro spectra's.

JAYMZ · Post by **JAYMZ** » Fri Jan 30, 2004 6:32 pm

The Astro control heads I believe are basically electrically the same. It's the control head firmware differences that won't allow an analog control head to work on an Astro control head.

RADIOMAN2002 · Post by **RADIOMAN2002** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 12:17 pm

The Astro Spectra I have basically has a Astro portable in it hooked to the PA and antenna ports.

firemedic4 · Post by **firemedic4** » Tue Feb 10, 2004 9:17 am

ANYONE KNOW A PLACE TO GET PARTS ???? BESIDES EBAY.... PM OR POST THANKS

Microwave Mike · Post by **Microwave Mike** » Tue Feb 10, 2004 1:25 pm

I have converted a Astro Spectra from lo split to regular split, 450-470 ,with spectra parts. It works just fine. Also, the control head to controller board interface board is different in Astro series than the Spectra series.

Good luck.

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BUILDING ASTRO SPECTRA

BUILDING ASTRO SPECTRA

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