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I have a 2721D. Haven't noticed the dropout yet, but I've heard about others who say a firmware upgrade has helped. :-? I did have the squelch tail problem. I am operating Mixed Mode. The repeater is a Quantar. I discovered that you can program CTCSS and NAC on a channel with Mixed Mode receive and ...

I've got a TK-730(G) that I want to use on 2 meters and retain receive capability up to 174 MHz. I've tried to adjust the VCO, but it loses lock just below 149 MHz. The radio has great sensitivity in the 150 - 174 range but doesn't look like it wants to go lower. Has anyone done this? This seems to ...

Will,

Thanks for the great feedback. That answers my questions. (for now anyway)

Ken

Hi, I'm new to this board, but I also have a TK-630 I wish to get going. Several questions: 1. Does the standard Kenwood program work in the ham bands or does it need to be hacked? 2. Where is a good place to get a reasonbly priced programming cable? Are the imports OK? 3. The manual mentions progra...