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A secret squerill sent me these new XTL and MCS control heads. They look sweet.

To me they almost look like a Kenwood ham control heads. I was told that they will be most useful on trunking systems, as the XTL/XTS5000 have the IP stuff in them. Conventional doesn't look like they will do much for you, but the display will be nice looking.

They should be out in a year. No pricing as of yet. Of course, all this may change!

W9 Head

W4/5/7 - Looks like one for all

W3

XTL2500

New mic?

MCS 2000 (looks like all models)

The W3 looks like a freaking Nokia cellphone. Now if it's bluetooth and has a speaker and mic in it the secret squirrel agents could be yapping on the radio and it would look like they were on a cell phone...

You know, I didn't notice this before, but look at the mic connectors...has the RJ45 looking ones.. Retro Maxtrac?

THe displays are nice, the rest of the control head is friggin ugly as hell. What good is a W9 head with no real DTMF style keypad?

Another thing, what is with those stupid scroll button things? More cell phone crap.....

Does look like Nokia or Kenwood...


BLECH!

No, it looks like a BC250d!!!








Maybe they hired the Bearcat designers?


mancow

Oh, you mean like the guys that ask me what the PRI (priority) switch is on our King radios about EVERY OTHER DAY.
Or the guys that turn scan off but leave the priority switch on while the radio is ON the priority channel and think it's doing something...........etc.....



mancow

Finally I get a glimpse of what the XTL2500 is gonna look like. Now to build one up cheap from a VOCON.......



-Josh

Ugly.

Looks like that Icom IC-2800 mobile radio. Can I watch TV on this one, too?

Wow....Those things look way too over technical...funny thing is I live in broward county when not at college and the Land Mobile Products Sector is down the street from me, thats where this stuff is designed. I know the guy really well who is or was the head of indus. design there. Looks like they hired kids in his place who have no idea about radios and how they are used, and got their artistic inspiration from their cheap ass car stereo's while looking at them on their way home from work after they were given the assignment..I can see it now "Radios? I have one of those in my car, this should be easy!" these tards probably said...Remember guys, in commercial radios that are used in critical applications, Less is More. Push-to-talk, release to listen...Let the dispatcher handle all of the features from the console and do the thinking, let the public servant do the fighting, cuffing, driving, chasing, spraying, and every other thing they have to worry about, not a bunch of friggin buttons and am I on the right channel. The control of EVERY radio in the field should be done by the dispatcher via OTAR like signalling and MDC channel steering. leaving the radio w/ a push to talk button, and volume, talkgroup/channel. I am working towards making this kind of setup a reality, and I am a true believer of what I preach.

They look like freakin' ham radios. I don't see what was wrong with Spectra-style control heads; I really like 'em.

I agree with rof and I'm glad I'm not alone.

These have got to be the more sorriest looking control heads I 've ever seen.

All they had to do was marry a MCS2000 Model 3 to the XTL5000 and that would kick ass already.

I agree about the simplicity aspect and the MCS2000 Model 3 head is just about borderline for having too many buttons, but clean enough to understand and keep us radio geeks happy.

Sorry, but M better fire whoever they hired/contracted to make these mock ups or they better be designs that someone found in the dumpster marked under "reject" designs.

can anyone send them, I can't see any of the posted pictures......

TXCAP wrote:can anyone send them, I can't see any of the posted pictures......

Yeah, I was talking to another batlabber about these heads last night and can't seem to find the pics anywhere...

Anyone have them?