I feel like this is a really dumb question to ask. But am I able to take the insides of one XTL 2500 and place it in a different one?
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XTL 2500 swapping
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TX-COMU
Yes...but you will have to do a full alignment afterwards per the Detailed Service Manual.
Its basically a single board. Why would you swap chassis ? Have you even looked at a service manual ? Other than the rear accessory connector nothing else in in the chassis.
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5B2_BEE00 Czar
What he said, If you are swapping control heads, the one thing you may run into is TIB/CHIB compatibility and radio firmware ideally should at the same release as the control head or higher. If lower it may produce a mismatch and the head won't communicate with the radio brick. The DSM is good reading.
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