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VX 354

Thread starter Sarge47
Start date Nov 21, 2018

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Sarge47

Member

Nov 21, 2018

A good friend has given me 2 vx 354s to use for fire response. He programmed and used these radios for 3 years successfully and passed them on to me. They are working correctly on his vhf analog channel freqs. Yo Troops, I am against the wall. I have successfully programmed a vertex 231 several times and had fun. However, this 354 is driving me more crazy. The whole process seems to be working correctly until i look at the 354 display and see that my new file did not stick in the radio. After sw says complete, the only indicator of some success is the readout display says "PC Program" but none of the other info I populated the ce 86 is there on the radio. Run as Admin, no luck. It would seem there is a step I am missing ? The previous owner says he used no password. Using ce 86.
Please help, Thanks a bunch… Sarge47