Hello everyone. Newbie here. I recently took on programming radios for my company. I have a couple of TK-3400-K2 (TK-3400U16P) radios that I am working on. One I'm using to read the data from and write that data over using the KPG-160D program. I am able to read the one and see all the channels and frequencies. When I go to write to the other one I get an error "Ensure the Model Name and Market Code are correctly entered" When I go into the Product Information it is set to TK-3400 KMR [UHF]. I switch it to TK-3400 Protalk [UHF] the frequency switches from 452.06250 to 464.55000. 452.06250 is not listed under the drop down. What am I missing and how do I get it to the 452.06250?
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Kenwood Programming issues
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The TK-3400 LMR and TK-3400 Protalk are the same radios with different firmware.
The KPG-160 will allow you to talk to the TK-3400 non-Protalk model just fine.
The firmware in the Protalk version won't let you program in freeform like the other radio, it only allows you to select from a predefined list of common itinerant business frequencies.
That is by design. The Protalk radios are designed for business use where they specifically don't want end users messing with frequency setup. Usually the radios are programmed via front panel keypresses using the predefined frequency list.
The solution to this is to find regular TK-3400 firmware and push it into the TK-3400 Protalk radio. I've done it in the past and it works fine. The Protalk radio will have the same firmware in it as the non-protalk radio and will let you do what you want.
You would need the FPRO.exe file that comes on the KPG-160 CD, and you'll need to find the TK-3400 firmware.
The KPG-160 will allow you to talk to the TK-3400 non-Protalk model just fine.
The firmware in the Protalk version won't let you program in freeform like the other radio, it only allows you to select from a predefined list of common itinerant business frequencies.
That is by design. The Protalk radios are designed for business use where they specifically don't want end users messing with frequency setup. Usually the radios are programmed via front panel keypresses using the predefined frequency list.
The solution to this is to find regular TK-3400 firmware and push it into the TK-3400 Protalk radio. I've done it in the past and it works fine. The Protalk radio will have the same firmware in it as the non-protalk radio and will let you do what you want.
You would need the FPRO.exe file that comes on the KPG-160 CD, and you'll need to find the TK-3400 firmware.
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