I bought a used Spectra Consolette, and want to turn it into a base station for mounting 3 Spectras in sort of a block configuration. I will be placing an Astro Spectra W7 inside, with 2 analog Spectras on top of the box. These will be RX only, so I will feed them all from the Consolette power supply. Will install NMO antenna mounts on the top/back surface of the Consolette lid, trying to make a compact 3 radio system that takes up as little land as possible and is completely self contained.
I would like to know if the Spectra and Astro Spectra Cnsolettes are interchangeable, can I put a W7 in a C7 Desktrac?
I also wish to intermix all three radios through the Consolette speaker. Would there be any concerns doing this? I run a lot of scanners and such mixed through the same lines for feeding and such, and know a news stringer who runs three radios and scanners off of one speaker, but I know the Spectras pump out a lot of "audio juice", so I don't want to blow anything!
Can the rear ports be utilized for programming? The manual says no, but the pin-outs seem to say yes. I wouldn't want to risk bricking a radio just to not have to take the lid off though.
Lastly, the fan on my Consolette is excessively LOUD, sounds like a jet engine idling. Will an off the shelf PC case fan bolt up to the four screw holes? If not, I can just Jerry rig a fan against the back port, but if there is an existing PC fan that will mate up, that would be preferred.
Thanks!
Paul
I would like to know if the Spectra and Astro Spectra Cnsolettes are interchangeable, can I put a W7 in a C7 Desktrac?
I also wish to intermix all three radios through the Consolette speaker. Would there be any concerns doing this? I run a lot of scanners and such mixed through the same lines for feeding and such, and know a news stringer who runs three radios and scanners off of one speaker, but I know the Spectras pump out a lot of "audio juice", so I don't want to blow anything!
Can the rear ports be utilized for programming? The manual says no, but the pin-outs seem to say yes. I wouldn't want to risk bricking a radio just to not have to take the lid off though.
Lastly, the fan on my Consolette is excessively LOUD, sounds like a jet engine idling. Will an off the shelf PC case fan bolt up to the four screw holes? If not, I can just Jerry rig a fan against the back port, but if there is an existing PC fan that will mate up, that would be preferred.
Thanks!
Paul