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I have quite a few of them and I just hate KNB 17a Nicads they really do suck... If only Kenwood did an impres type battery for them... Anyone got suggestions on good aftermarket batts for the 380's? Nimh or Lithum?

Did you desolder or use tweezers?

What version of KPG56D are you using?

Cool! I did the same with one of my 3140s with the service manuel appendum that has the details and skematics and now the bugger wont start, the display flashes for a split second and sometimes the radio will turn on but it has a problem with being more than 20% reliable at turning on and sometimes ...

I just bit the bullet and did it and I'm very happy! works better than the self programming on the 370G! You an actully edit whats already in the radio from the pc programming! 1 radio down 5 to go!!!

Thanks for the info mate!

Does anyone know why this diode was there in the first place? Does taking it out disable anything or just add self programming?

I don't know how we got from a Kenwood Analog portable to Digital radio but hey its all good... Is the 272/270 capable of OST? (Operator Selectable Tones) If it can be programmed both radio fleets should be programmed with an OST "CSQ/PL Disable/Tone Off/etc..." setting and than for situat...

Bump! Anyone have info on these?

How easy is it to get hold of a few of these? Been trying for ages to find some, I know soldering is a part of the fun

Bring it on!!! I'm getting bloody sick of not being able to export and import data from lists and other Codeplugs/different radios, with Motorola CPS you can import from source files and drag and drop.

Good on ya mate

As far as I know, on my TK 880 and TK 3160, there are 2 types of "sidetones", none of which is a long beep like Motorola. With Fleetsync PTT ID type set to "OWN" the radio sounds 2 or 3 high pitched beeps, with PTT ID type set to "SEL" the radio sounds a slower low pit...

I have a TK-3140 that I bought out of the UK because the europe version has so many more features than the international one (440-480Mhz) My repeater input at one of my jobs is at 483.*** but the simplex side of that channel is up at 488, it recieves fine at 488 and tx's at 483 and slightly beyond b...