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TK-5210 question.

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I have the oppurtunity to purchase a TK-5210 VHF portable at a good price. Only thing is its the basic version with 64 channels and no display. Anyone know how hard it would be to convert it to a model with the display and 512 channels? I know you'd need a new case, screen, and a few other things, but software wise for the radio, how hard would it be so that it would take 512 channels and the display would work? Thanks,

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I have not dealt with the basic version, but it may use a different memory chip than the full featured radios. Dig through the service manual and get the part number, and one of us can compare it to the display models.

Kenwood used to use different chips for different levels of radio. This was most prevalent with the 30 series mobiles, which used the same chip as the GE MVS (if I remember correctly). To move to more channels and/or alpha display you put the new chips in and the new control head.

Software wise, you put in the new data and most likely have to rebuild your dat file.
 
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