I am thinking about purchasing a kenwood TK-3180 off of ebay, however the radio says stunned on the display, Is there any way to remove the stun command and revive the radio. I heard from somewhere that you can overwrite the existing information on the radio and it will remove the stun command. Can that be done?
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Kenwood TK-3180 Stun command revival
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From the TK-3180 instruction manual:
STUN
This function is used when a transceiver is stolen or lost. When the transceiver receives a call containing a stun code, either transmit mode will be disabled, or both receive mode and transmit mode will be disabled. Stun is cancelled when the transceiver receives a call with a revive code.
http://www.kenwoodusa.com/UserFiles...ions/LMR/Manuals/TK-2180-3180_B62-1759-10.pdf
I've never worked with a stunned (DBD) radio so I'm not sure if you can read/change anything with KPG-89D once the stun command is issued (I'm guessing no for security purposes).
STUN
This function is used when a transceiver is stolen or lost. When the transceiver receives a call containing a stun code, either transmit mode will be disabled, or both receive mode and transmit mode will be disabled. Stun is cancelled when the transceiver receives a call with a revive code.
http://www.kenwoodusa.com/UserFiles...ions/LMR/Manuals/TK-2180-3180_B62-1759-10.pdf
I've never worked with a stunned (DBD) radio so I'm not sure if you can read/change anything with KPG-89D once the stun command is issued (I'm guessing no for security purposes).
If the radio says it's been STUNNED, I would be wary of purchasing it. You wouldn't want to get caught with stolen property. Do any of the law enforcement agencies in your area use MDC features in the UHF band? That would be a good place to start if you're interested in seeing if it is stolen or not...
A buddy of mines Kenwood portable for no reason at all went into STUN mode last week, I was able to plug it in, and simply write his saved codeplug back onto the radio, done deal, been working fine ever since. We have no idea why it went into STUN however because it is a legit radio he bought at the local dealer.
That may be a weird case where the radio wigged out and a fresh archive straightened things out.
Normally the only way to un-stun a radio is the revive command sent to it or send it to KW and have it blanked.
I would be hesitant to purchase a stunned radio, it was done for a reason.
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