Astro Spectra Serial number

HOWARD · Post by **HOWARD** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 2:19 pm

I recently bought a used Astro Spectra and noticed the Serial Number in the CPS doesn't match the Serial number on the case...which leads me to believe the S/N can somehow be changed...any idea how? This radio was recently sent to Depot (paperwork came with radio) Where is the serial number actually stored? I opened up a .cpg file with a hex editor and it doesn't seem to be their. Any ideas? At this point I'm curious...Howard

Post by **alex** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 4:09 pm

Two possibilities:

1. Someone dumped a S-Record in to the radio with a different flash and serial number

2. There was a problem with the Vocon, and someone replaced the vocon from another radio with a different serial number and retuned the radio.

Those really are the only ways that it could have been changed.

-Alex

Alan · Post by **Alan** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 4:38 pm

What did they do at the depot? I have seen them replace a board and load the wrong flashcode once and i have seen the wrong serial number once.
Read the repair slip from depot. If they replaced the board that contains the serial number, they may have loaded the wrong s/n into it.

wb4bsd · Post by **wb4bsd** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 5:57 pm

Personally i would go with the S-record theory myself. I doubt the depot would goof up on something like that. but hey, thats just MPO.

kb0nly · Post by **kb0nly** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 6:02 pm

You guys forgot number 3.

The case has been changed.

Not likely, but possible, what if they put the wrong case back on it? Or the case was changed previously.

I hardly ever get a matching serial number when buying MT1000's and HT600's off ebay. Usually because they put the best parts together to make one nice looking radio to sell.

I'm also guilty of putting the working radio into the better case from a dead radio, etc.

HOWARD · Post by **HOWARD** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 7:44 pm

Which one of the boards contains the serial number? Just some mumbo jumbo about aligning to spec and testing perfromance.

Post by Pj » Fri Aug 05, 2005 9:18 pm

It would be the VOCON board, and the S/N is electronic. I don't believe there is a printed verison on the board itself (none that I have never noticed at least).

HOWARD · Post by **HOWARD** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 9:27 pm

Thanks PJ, you just saved me from checking for a printed version on the board! The radio works good, so I'll leave well enough alone and peel the sticker off of the outside so it doesn't look suspicious. Anyway, thanks for answering my questions.
Howard

spectragod · Post by **spectragod** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 4:56 am

Seems it would look more suspicious without a visable serial #.

SG

sglass · Post by **sglass** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 8:22 am

HOWARD wrote:so I'll leave well enough alone and peel the sticker off of the outside so it doesn't look suspicious.

why would you remove any distinguishing marks?

Who cares if the internal sn doesn't match. The only one that will know that is the guy programming it-if he even looks.

I'm with spectragod here, removing a ser# is fishy-leaving it on is not.

HOWARD · Post by **HOWARD** » Sun Aug 07, 2005 4:47 am

Good point, I geuss it was something that just annoyed me! I'll leave the stickers alone.