Curiousity -- Colored MT/MTS2000's?

[kc7gr]

This is something I've wondered about, having seen fluorescent-colored housings for the XTS series in times past.

Were there ever any housing kits made for the MT/MTS2000 other than black?

Inquiring knows want a mind...

[emsbuff3240]

Hah I was thinking that the other day too. It sure would be cool to have my MTS2000 in yellow!

[spectragod]

I had a clear cased model III MTS. Real different.

SG

[kd5wyu]

I've seen yellow cased Jedis (exact same color as the yellow XTSs now) and clear-cased. Friend of mine had a clear cased MTX8000 (I think it was)

The clear cased portables are very cool-looking. Certainly different than the plain-jane black.

Not sure if they make any other colors, though.

[phrawg]

Interesting thing about some of those clear cases though is that
they can void all type acceptance in some radios that use, in their
normal housings, a metalic film on the inside, to stop leakage of
signal from internal oscillators. Makes them fail standards for
incidental radiation under part 15.

Sure are neat to look at though ! Phrawg

[kb0nly]

You could always take a clear case and paint the inside of it whatever color you want.. lol

Just like they do those gas powered radio control car bodies.

[RadioSouth]

Anyone have any part #'s on other than black Jedi housings ?

[High_order1]

I accidentally created an albino MTS one time. I got dragged down the side of a hallway, and got a lot of off-white paint on it.

So, I got some goof off (hey, it wasn't *my* radio), and tried to clean the paint off.

Took the paint off, and somehow sucked the pigmenting out of the case, turning it a weird whitish color.

It was easy to see who swiped my radio from then on, though, so I kept it.

I know a guy who molds stuff, http://www.sightowl.com , make it interesting to him, and I bet he'd whip up a batch.

-Shawn

[rodgrech]

on my old MTS2000 i striped the face compleatly of all electronics, stickers, lenses, acc connector and spraypainted it firetruck Red, put everything together and it looked :o hot, shame i sold it tho


Edit, :o i just realised i dug up a thread from the past

[mr.syntrx]

While the thread is dug up, I have seen a few clear cased portables here and there. These have all been factory prototypes used for water and dust ingres testing.

[Zap]

Interesting thing about some of those clear cases though is that
they can void all type acceptance in some radios that use, in their
normal housings, a metalic film on the inside, to stop leakage of
signal from internal oscillators. Makes them fail standards for
incidental radiation under part 15.

Sure are neat to look at though ! Phrawg

A clear case with silvered inside/ mirror outside might look interesting.

[N4DES]

We used to have red MT500 cases at Palm Beach Sheriff) PBSO 20+ years ago. We used them for the loaner radios
so they stuck out. The deputies hated them and usually couldn't wait to get their issued radio returned.

[JAYMZ]

You guys ever check out "Project: Stormtrooper" over at Hamsexy? There were a few different colored Jedi radios. In fact I believe akardam has a pair of Stormtrooper white MTS2000s.

[jnglmassiv]

I've heard tell of a transparent Astro Saber case.

[rodgrech]

after seeing project storm trooper, im now eager to get anoter face for my MTS2000 series II and get that painted up

[Motrac]

Heck, if you've got the money and the right salesperson, Mot will build them for you in whatever color you want. Railroads got MT-500s in yellow, and Illinois had their ISPERN system color coded with red mics. I still have a couple of those rascals. Some state forestry department out west had green stuff.