The Astro Sabers are my favorite Motorola Radio I love the design they were ahead of there time. The XTS 5000’s are also great radio, but not as cool as the Astro Saber. I currently use an APX 6000 another great radio and reminds me of the Saber. Great video
I remember seeing a non Astro Saber back in the 80s and its design was way ahead of the brick shaped HTs of the time. Not many HTs today could be called a classic. Another favorite of mine is the Yaesu FT530 a ham HT but it had great capabilities and felt really solid.
After years of looking I recently got offered an excellent condition XTS4000 VHF with programming cable, keyload cable, batteries, charger, & belt case. It does wide/narrow and is 2W output and works great. Would have been fun to use back in the day of flip phones.
I’ve owned an XTS3500 and sold it unfortunately. Was a decent radio, mine was a surplus unit from a dealer so it was MINT. Programmed with only DOS based RSS and never played nice with newer machines and virtual OS running. However for the time they were step child radios with little shelf life and limited features. they did support their own Custom UCM boards to the 3500s, only capable of being flashed with DES and DVP keys. A decent radio for its time however the Astro 25 series soon replaced them. great video by the way.
Love the APX ending
The Astro Sabers are my favorite Motorola Radio I love the design they were ahead of there time. The XTS 5000’s are also great radio, but not as cool as the Astro Saber. I currently use an APX 6000 another great radio and reminds me of the Saber. Great video
I remember seeing a non Astro Saber back in the 80s and its design was way ahead of the brick shaped HTs of the time. Not many HTs today could be called a classic.
Another favorite of mine is the Yaesu FT530 a ham HT but it had great capabilities and felt really solid.
After years of looking I recently got offered an excellent condition XTS4000 VHF with programming cable, keyload cable, batteries, charger, & belt case. It does wide/narrow and is 2W output and works great. Would have been fun to use back in the day of flip phones.
Nowadays they are making Radios that look like Smartphones !
I’ve owned an XTS3500 and sold it unfortunately. Was a decent radio, mine was a surplus unit from a dealer so it was MINT. Programmed with only DOS based RSS and never played nice with newer machines and virtual OS running. However for the time they were step child radios with little shelf life and limited features. they did support their own Custom UCM boards to the 3500s, only capable of being flashed with DES and DVP keys. A decent radio for its time however the Astro 25 series soon replaced them. great video by the way.
Thanks. If I had seen a 3500 at a US Hamfest I would probably have bought one out of curiosity.
really good material! I like it!
Thank you! Cheers!