Danny37
Member
I recently picked up a XTS5000 Model 3 UHF Split 450-512 Radio on eBay in a bidding war. The lister who listed it didn't tag the sale as most people would with the model number and split, he just put xts5000 in the listing. To my advantage there was only 2 biders including myself, I won the bid at 400!
This is the first Motorola radio I personally owned. I was always stuck to vertex and kenwood because I like to be able to program my own radios. However as a new owner I have a few questions.
After looking over the tags, this radio was a model 2 converted to a model 3. I'm not complaining but it looks like it had more than 1 owner in the past.
The charger and battery were not impres so I had to buy the impres charger and battery because I'm always a sucker for accessories. Oh yeah, I also bought the Bluetooth adapter so I can wirelessly monitor. Works pretty good.
So I have several questions that I couldn't find
1. Can I charge a non-impres battery in a impres charger?
2. I should've waited to program the radio with over 200 channels but I want to get it flashed for FPP, a dealer told me it would wipe out my current programming and I would have to start fresh. Is that true?
3. I'm interested in getting a housing kit, the current housing is bit dinged up and scratched up. Is it fairly easy to replace the housing yourself? I know you need to buy that plastic tool and watched a video from snarlingbiddog, looks pretty easy but his camera angles make it hard to see. Ultimately how hard is it to screw up?
4. Does the impres battery recondition on every charge or on only the first charge? (It took about 12 hours on the first charge) second charge it didn't recondition at all.
5. Anybody use the official Motorola leather case with swivel that isn't cutout? Does that cover the numeric keypad or the entire keypad? (Can I still use the soft keys and the left, right, up, down keys without taking off the case?)
I don't think I ever fell in love with a radio before, I know it weird but I feel like I'm holding a work of art. The audio is so damn clear, the recieve is amazing! Like my vertex and kenwood struggled to pick up distant stations. I was able to get it down to the 440 band with no problem, so I have a 70cm rig if I ever pull the plug on getting my ham ticket (I'm a terrible procrastinator)
Sorry for the long post, but thanks in advance for those of you who chime in.
This is the first Motorola radio I personally owned. I was always stuck to vertex and kenwood because I like to be able to program my own radios. However as a new owner I have a few questions.
After looking over the tags, this radio was a model 2 converted to a model 3. I'm not complaining but it looks like it had more than 1 owner in the past.
The charger and battery were not impres so I had to buy the impres charger and battery because I'm always a sucker for accessories. Oh yeah, I also bought the Bluetooth adapter so I can wirelessly monitor. Works pretty good.
So I have several questions that I couldn't find
1. Can I charge a non-impres battery in a impres charger?
2. I should've waited to program the radio with over 200 channels but I want to get it flashed for FPP, a dealer told me it would wipe out my current programming and I would have to start fresh. Is that true?
3. I'm interested in getting a housing kit, the current housing is bit dinged up and scratched up. Is it fairly easy to replace the housing yourself? I know you need to buy that plastic tool and watched a video from snarlingbiddog, looks pretty easy but his camera angles make it hard to see. Ultimately how hard is it to screw up?
4. Does the impres battery recondition on every charge or on only the first charge? (It took about 12 hours on the first charge) second charge it didn't recondition at all.
5. Anybody use the official Motorola leather case with swivel that isn't cutout? Does that cover the numeric keypad or the entire keypad? (Can I still use the soft keys and the left, right, up, down keys without taking off the case?)
I don't think I ever fell in love with a radio before, I know it weird but I feel like I'm holding a work of art. The audio is so damn clear, the recieve is amazing! Like my vertex and kenwood struggled to pick up distant stations. I was able to get it down to the 440 band with no problem, so I have a 70cm rig if I ever pull the plug on getting my ham ticket (I'm a terrible procrastinator)
Sorry for the long post, but thanks in advance for those of you who chime in.