500 Has 2 speakers, 1 in the body, 1 in the head, so you can mount the body hidden, and place the head whichever way fits best. Use the sdcard slot to upgrade firmware and mem channels on the radio when you need to for which sd card slot is in the head. Mount mic to body or head also whichever...
When did you buy the FT991A? The firmware change came about 2020 and it added 5mhz channels to the radio. If bought after that, then you really haven't changed anything to reset the radio to previous firmware for which it came with.
Openspot 4 Pro works very well, faster boot up time, easy changing modes on the fly with your phone or computer. Have the Zumspot 3.5 elite also, but it has been giving me issues getting on certain modes.
You don't need a systems key if you are just doing the xg100p in non-affiliate scanning of trunk system. If that was true then I wouldn't be able to listen to Fairfax, Prince William, Va State, DC, or any other systems I have on mine.
If you want to connect SDS200 to computer direct with proscan, use the usb cable. Hit no for usb mode, go to proscan and select com port and away you go
All I can bring to the table is that I have 3 transceivers in the car, 2 scanners, and 4 ht-s that 1 I can use as a scanner. But, then again. I can get my hands on a power source that can power up a city block if need be.
ysf=15783 truck and travel, also dmr=31663. been heaing a few truckers that are hams on those specific tg's. And some on gmrs around DC area now and then
In cps 2.0 just do recover from the device drop down menu. Will basically reset your radio with blank factory codeplug. Your radio will come up in a line and you select the current settings in it and click to get it started.
Actually the Nextel Direct Connect was the only thing that was working that day because all the phone lines were overloaded with calls. I definitely know this because I left the Pentagon north parking 5 minutes before the plane hit and later that day had to bring in a Excavator. Worked for...
Or you could just go to export on repeaterbook and click csv download and it will come out in excel spreadsheet for you for which most cps and chirp programs can read and import