The Astro Saber AVA & Astro Handheld Control Head (HHCH)

The Astro Saber AVA & Astro Handheld Control Head (HHCH) Tube. Duration : 1.38 Mins.

*****Copied from my old account (mototaku)***** Proof that it actually exists and works: the Astro Saber AVA with a full-display Astro HHCH. Test radio is a VHF model III in a Model II case. Details from Batlabs: -AVA Cradle, part #PLN7736A. Yes, it is intrinsically different than the NTN7727x AVA cradles all over eBay, although how exactly is not known at this time. -XTVA handheld control head, part #PLN7737x. The kit pictured below uses a PLN7737A head which works with the AVA, but not with an XTVA. However, a late-revision PLN7737B head was also tested with the AVA and found to work identically. It plugs into the 8-pin RJ45 mic jack on the side of the cradle using a straight-through (1-1, 2-2, etc.) coiled cable that is identical to the cable used on MCS2000 full-keypad microphones and XTVA handheld control heads. -A very specific range of HOST firmware in the Astro Saber radio used: between AP_R03.20.01 and R05.60.xx. DSP version is irrelevant, as is the VOCON size. Both 512K and 1 MEG radios with firmware in this range were tested and found to work. Conceivably a 512K VOCON with DSP8 firmware forced in through chip programming would work. HOST firmware outside this range will either exhibit erratic or nonexistent function of the HHCH, or cause it to flash FAIL 01/90. -Handheld control head button functions enabled in the Astro Saber's codeplug through LAB programming. Some whoreflash s-recs/codeplugs floating around out there are set up for it, others are not. There ...

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