Kenwood radios question

[Baker845]

I have question about kenwood radios. Local fire dept here in city i live in swiched to new radios. Motorola XTL 2500 and Xts 5000 radios. The new radios have MDC which sent a code so disp can know how useing what radio. Has beep at end of Tx. My Question is can Kenwood radios Tk760,Tk790.Tk2180 do the MDC like motorola radios?


thank you

[ECHO3]

Yes, but the standard for Kenwood Radios is DTMF. You would have to purchase a third party MDC1200 encoder to be programmed and installed in the radio. Cimarron Technologies manufactures ANI products compatible with MDC-1200, GE-STAR, FleetSync, and DTMF formats and at one time were installed in and shipped by Kenwood when MDC 1200 capable units were ordered.

[Alarmguy]

Originally Posted by ECHO3

Yes, but the standard for Kenwood Radios is DTMF. You would have to purchase a third party MDC1200 encoder to be programmed and installed in the radio. Cimarron Technologies manufactures ANI products compatible with MDC-1200, GE-STAR, FleetSync, and DTMF formats and at one time were installed in and shipped by Kenwood when MDC 1200 capable units were ordered.

If you have a TK2180/3180 or 7180/8180 there is a new firmware upgrade that allows MDC-1200 to be encoded and decoded without the need for the add-on board.

[ECHO3]

Yup, forgot about the TK2180/3180 or 7180/8180 series.

[Astro25]

Yep, if you're a dealer or have access to Kenwood Tools, it's K 1.19.00 for the MDC add-on.

[Baker845]

I look into it. thank you all for the help.