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FIRECOM31

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I'm not sure if this question has been asked before . AleastI I have not been able to find this question asked or answer in this forms before.
Can a Radio (Kenwood Tk-280 or 380 ) that is a Ver. ! radio be upgrade to a Ver. # 2 radio. Is there software available to upgrade these radio's. to Ver. # 2 is my question . Thanks for the Help
 

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Version 2 was a hardware updated model. Software wise, no.

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On a TK-280 the version 2 firmware will work fine, we used to do it all of the time for the enhanced 2-tone decode functions. KW Tech support would say yes or now depending on the day, but the retired software support manger said it was just fine on the portables, the mobiles maybe not. He had done some custom firmware based on version 2 F/W and the customer had over a hundred non-version 2 radios that it was flashed into.

Jim
 
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