TK730 Scan

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ATF1224
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Re: TK730 Scan

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They've been set to "add" since the beginning. I am never dealing with another Kenwood product, i've never had issues this stupid with any of the Motorolas I have owned.
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Re: TK730 Scan

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Back to my original post,..firmware upgrade nessessary! You apparently have 2 of the early models.
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Re: TK730 Scan

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ATF1224 wrote:They've been set to "add" since the beginning. I am never dealing with another Kenwood product, i've never had issues this stupid with any of the Motorolas I have owned.

If you want me to dispose of those stupid Kenwood radios just put them in a box and send them to me.
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Re: TK730 Scan

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Did the radios scan before you did the channel upgrade?
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Re: TK730 Scan

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I got one into scan mode after the channel upgrade, but before I removed the resistors.
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Re: TK730 Scan

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On the display,do you see a little "down arrow" directly below the "OD" in the Kenwood tag?
and do you see the same arrow directly above the first option button to the right of the channel knob?(these arrows will be directly above the channel name)
The arrow to the left means group enabled,the one to the right means channel enabled,if you don't see both it will not scan.....go back and look at programming.
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Re: TK730 Scan

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They're both there. I'm not new to programming, i've done done lots of radios before including other Kenwoods, so i've used the software before.
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Re: TK730 Scan

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Well,I sure am stumped! The memory upgrade has nothing to do with the scan working,
maybe recheck where you lifted those resistors for any damage to the traces nearby,or unsoldered components,or even a solder blob that stuck in the wrong place?
If this thing scanned before the upgrade it should scan now! If possible,send the saved data file to my email and I will dump it into my radio and see if it scans.
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Re: TK730 Scan

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Please PM me your email and i will send the codeplug over. Thanks!

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Re: TK730 Scan

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Ever solve this problem?

I have a very similar problem..


My radio will not scan when on hook no matter what options I change in the software. I also can not get my group keys to work..


I wonder if upgrading from my JEMJ to JPWJ will fix these problems?


I would hate to put any more money into this radio, I only paid $75 for it..



Thanks,
Mike ~ KC2TOH
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Re: TK730 Scan

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I had to look through my old posts. There was a similiar problem awhile back. Turned out the guy had version 1.0 software which had a bug that broke the scan function. You need to use version 2.0.1.
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Re: TK730 Scan

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I am using version 2.0.1
ka7wnf wrote:I had to look through my old posts. There was a similiar problem awhile back. Turned out the guy had version 1.0 software which had a bug that broke the scan function. You need to use version 2.0.1.
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Re: TK730 Scan

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Remove and reseat firmware ?? Davie
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Re: TK730 Scan

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This really has me stumped.
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Re: TK730 Scan

Post by eva »

n5tbuwrote:"
You need to go into the programming software,at the top of each bank,choose add
then go look at scan settings for groups...."


Talking about the detector, i would like to recommend the rf frequency meter ,this is the good device to use,you can go to detectorall.com to have a look at
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