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Difference between xts 3000 and 3500
Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2002 3:52 am
by rhemti
I am looking into buying an astro xts. What is the difference between the xts 3000 type 3 and the xts 3500 type 3.
Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2002 2:30 pm
by 10-95
Careful with those XTS 3500's, they had a big recall early in the first run, it was an issue with the batterys and the cahrgers or something. The batterys had juice coming out of the charging contacts on th batterys, good way to get blown up at a gas leak scene!
Frank
Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2002 4:03 am
by Twisted_Pear
The 3500 only comes in VHF and UHF while the 3000 comes in VHF, UHF, and 800. The 3500 is supposed to be a better performer on VHF and UHF also.
Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2002 9:52 am
by Pj
I haven't been able to get a straight answer from any of the sells guys. They do say that the performance is suppose to be better then the 3000's, BUT not better enough to justify the extra expense. I do not know off the top of the head what the cost difference is, but they take the same accessories, but different RSS.
Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2002 1:57 pm
by dvpman
My understanding is that the 3500 was built for the type 1 encryption module as well as standard des......
Mike
Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2002 12:48 pm
by 4RF
Some many of these topics seem to go round and round...
Using the Batboard search feature I found:
http://batboard.batlabs.com/viewtopic.p ... highlight=
The last post is a pretty good summary.
Cheers