I've noticed the same problem on my 3500 vs my 3000. I'm guessing my 3500 was parts built since i bought it secondhand. The battery contacts washer/o-ring seems to be beefier than the OEM 3000. The LiIons work fine on my 3000 but don't seem to contact well on the 3500 unless you squeeze the battery ...

no no not the holder or strap itself. it's the replacement spring clip for the shoulder mic. the fdny style has a button riveted onto the back of the spring clip so that it may clip onto the strap itself- kinda like mobile radio mics.

hope that clears it up some more.

-chrisC

Can anyone tell me the Mot part # for the shoulder mic clip for the mics that FDNY uses? The one with the button riveted to the back of the spring clip? So they can clip it onto their radio straps. Is that something they have custom made or what?

spanks!

-chrisC

It is a sad day indeed! I had just spoken to him a few days ago and was waiting for his response.... He was definately a big loss to the community.

-chrisC

cause we figured it's as easy as Cut & Paste!

any chance someone has the price list for RSS/CPS for the Astro Portable line? I'm in the same boat as the above.

-c

So I guess you can assume it'd only work with astro spectras? I plugged it into a regular astro at work and it wouldn't work.

Definately an interesting development. Thanks all for your investigative work! Now I'm wondering what's the difference between this & the XTS XTVA? The XTS' doesn't have the 3 programable buttons on the side or Power/Emergency/Encrypt buttons??? Oh to quench the inquisitiveness of you all, this ...

oh sorry about that, i scaled down the original pic to save space, but i guess it sacrafised some clarity. The 1 key actually sez: 1 Q Z. I'll post up the original pics to review. If i recall, the Saber SVA had a handheld mic that could control the radio while it was in the base. Wouldn't this be si...

Here's some pix to verify:

http://f2.pg.briefcase.yahoo.com/bc/cha ... ir=/Public

Hey, I recently was given an Astro mic for a AVA I believe but i'm not sure. Part# YMN4016B not found during a search and i don't have one of those handy dandy M accounts online to search it either. Anyone can tell me what this mic is for? it's got keypad, volume, mode and programable buttons on it ...

Wow! I figured Big M would be milking it to the end but I guess maybe due to the bad publicity they won't. Either that or maybe there IS an inherant "Bug" with the 3500 series..... http://www.nynewsday.com/news/local/queens/nyc-nynist123667205feb12,0,7916176.story?coll=nyc-topheadlines-que...

Hey, My local FD is using Ht1000's with a freq of 155.9325. My questions are the following: 1) What stepping is that? 2) Can the AS3 and above program that freq in? I tried putting that into a Saber I vhf and it could not step into the .xx25 range. 3) Any other bigM radios besides the Jedi series ca...

Well going back to my original reply I stated I tried a search on the topic without much luck. But since then the topic has kinda wandered a bit which I have no compaints about, but infact welcome the other comments mixed in. But anyhows, I carry a Saber on me everyday at work and I don't have many ...

I saw this item on ebay and was wondering if such a thing existed? Or was the seller Full of s**t! :roll: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4669&item=3104208133&rd=1 I tried doing a search on it but could only seem to find out that it was essential just a base statio...

wow that was fast! I just came back cause I wanted to add another question I just thought of. Thanks for the quick reply. I heard that the XTS' require a SmartRIB to program them and the AS-3's only require a regular one?? It'd be a pain to have to get the smartrib. Soooo I guess the matter of choic...

OKie I'm a newbie, I'll admit it. I've tried the search and plain jane scrolling through all the posts. But I've still haven't quite figured out the answer to my question: The major differences between an Astro Saber 3 vs a XTS 3000/3500. (FYI, i have found the post about the 3000 vs 3500). I'm in t...

I was wondering the same could be true for JEDI chargers? Will the batteries fit in the jedi chargers ? thx

-chrisC