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I just got a 3180 and love it. Very configurable, seems to be well built, and the programming s/w is good(and inexpensive). It's the programming cable that's expensive!

The asking price was $700, but since I also bought a few other items I got a nice discount.

M who? :wink: :grin: After playing around with the TK-3180 more I've found it's pretty configurable. I got the correct Kenwood antenna for it and it transmits solidly and receives beautifully. I must also correct my previous post about the zone/scan thing. I changed the Scan type to "Single&quo...

Well, I finally found a shop with a TK-3180 in stock. Beautiful radio! Nice features. I bought the programming s/w too and I'm also impressed with the interface. They must have hired real s/w programmers lately! icon_wink.gif I like that the same software will also do the TK-8180. That'll be my next...

Make sure you're NOT using a DOS window from inside Windows. You must use MS DOS, preferably 6.22 since it's the latest. Boot into DOS using a formatted floppy or hard drive that contains the DOS system files. Then you run the Kenwood s/w. You can screw up your radio attempting to read/write it from...

Anyone have a TK-8180 mobile or TK-3180 portable? Looking for opinions, complaints, etc. on either radio. They appear to have a lotta nice features, including 450-520MHz spread for UHF, and a wide spread for VHF too. I think they came out last September. Thanks.

Sweet. Thanks for replying Tom.

Anyone have the new IC-F43G? Opinions, complaints? Also, I can't find any info on the scanning options. What are they? Thanks.

Well, it's time we switched from the big-M to a better brand. Looking at the VX900 it seems nice and I've heard mostly good about it. I have a question pertaining to the its scanning abilities. Can you do different scan lists for each zone/group, or set to each channel? Thanks.

The obvious question is why? I went thru thinking about switching over. The Spectra is the best mobile transceiver, Rx & Tx wise, ever made. Yeah, it sucks having only 16 channels scannable at once, but do you really need more? The only + the Orion has over the Spectra is the display and hooking...

I'm not a pro at GE radios but it would seem that you'd mess up the radio flashing it to conventional only. Maybe someone else here with more info can assist you. As for the hamflash files try http://www.radtek.ws/index.php

Yowsa! That did it. Thanks a lot!

I'm new to GE radios. I have an MPA System model with no priority channels setup (I believe) since I don't want priority scanning. However, the radio still operates in a priority scan method. Is there a way to totally disable the priority scan/lookbacks? I'm using 11.1 prog s/w. TIA.

Thanks. That cable schem is a little confusing. I'll have to study it in detail. I may have to go the Price way afterall. Thanks again.