• To anyone looking to acquire commercial radio programming software:

    Please do not make requests for copies of radio programming software which is sold (or was sold) by the manufacturer for any monetary value. All requests will be deleted and a forum infraction issued. Making a request such as this is attempting to engage in software piracy and this forum cannot be involved or associated with this activity. The same goes for any private transaction via Private Message. Even if you attempt to engage in this activity in PM's we will still enforce the forum rules. Your PM's are not private and the administration has the right to read them if there's a hint to criminal activity.

    If you are having trouble legally obtaining software please state so. We do not want any hurt feelings when your vague post is mistaken for a free request. It is YOUR responsibility to properly word your request.

    To obtain Motorola software see the Sticky in the Motorola forum.

    The various other vendors often permit their dealers to sell the software online (i.e., Kenwood). Please use Google or some other search engine to find a dealer that sells the software. Typically each series or individual radio requires its own software package. Often the Kenwood software is less than $100 so don't be a cheapskate; just purchase it.

    For M/A Com/Harris/GE, etc: there are two software packages that program all current and past radios. One package is for conventional programming and the other for trunked programming. The trunked package is in upwards of $2,500. The conventional package is more reasonable though is still several hundred dollars. The benefit is you do not need multiple versions for each radio (unlike Motorola).

    This is a large and very visible forum. We cannot jeopardize the ability to provide the RadioReference services by allowing this activity to occur. Please respect this.

What is this Device?

Status
Not open for further replies.

kenwoodgeek

Member
Joined
Feb 1, 2015
Messages
218
Location
Wheaton, IL
I came across a Kenwood for sale with an interesting device mounted to the top which I've never seen before.

All I can assume is that it's some kind of status messaging board that sends out data back to a dispatcher over the radio when the switches are flipped.

Can someone provide some insight? I'm considering buying this for the radio, anyway, given the good price.

Here is the eBay link: Kenwood TK-863G UHF FM Transceiver DC 13.6V 8A #7849 | eBay

Thank you!
 

kd4efm

Member
Premium Subscriber
Joined
Jul 14, 2002
Messages
2,624
Location
Florida
LOL I have to laugh, but that's just a light bar switch box. No big surprise there.

Sent from my SM-G935P using Tapatalk
 

kd4efm

Member
Premium Subscriber
Joined
Jul 14, 2002
Messages
2,624
Location
Florida
Go for it, not a bad deal, they are about 125 new, more than the radio, ha ha

Sent from my SM-G935P using Tapatalk
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Top