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Never had any real issues with the KMC-35. Has about average life span. What I like about it is the $55 retail made it a throw away mic. It didn't make sense to replace a $30 mic cord on a $55 mic and then have the element or PTT contacts go bad latter so we replace the mics. We have hundreds in...

OK - got it up and working. Quite different software set up than KAS-10. Thanks for help.

I'm using the free server version to make Location Management work. It is my understanding that LM will function on a stand alone PC, connected to the pin-outs of NX3820 without the full server software if you don't have multiple pc's. Is this correct or do I need the full server sw package as...

Trying to make KAS-20 AVL operate in stand alone client version. Has anyone made it work in that configuration or any configuration.

LOL . I never thought of it as tobacco smoke stain but that is a good description.

How can you say build your own has lower operating expense. The estimate given previously suggested $2,150.00 per month expenses to rent 2 tower sites plus internet service. Even at $35 per unit airtime you'd have to have 61 radios to break even. And that doesn't account for any infrastructure...

Mss Dave and I are techs for our dealers. We see the same things you do. Thanks for the info for others to read up on. Me too. KW brought out the KMC-59C base mic and updated portable spkr/mics about a year ago. I'm surprised that the mobile mics took this long. The 59C desk mic costs about...

KW may not say why they are replacing the standard mobile mics in the above notice but I know that KW has received complaints that their DMR audio sounds like any other DMR radio in DMR mode. Current price pages for mics & audio accessories for dual mode NXDN/DMR models indicate which devices...

That's why I don't argue with people who think DMR sounds better than NXDN. These are "DMR Mics". I assume these are more $. Even Kenwood needs noise-cancelling mics in DMR mode to make the same NX-3000/5000 radios sound as good as they do in NXDN mode. Note that they didn't have to make...

This could be interesting. VHF is not the best band to use for in-building coverage but even so, 15 miles is a long way to expect reliable in-door coverage. I would first look at improving the main transmitter site. Going from 50 to 100 watts is only a 3dB improvement but perhaps in combination...

Have any of you actually tried an LTE handset? We played with some and they work well indoors were there is good wifi service but don't work well in a moving vehicle. Might work better with diversity antennas on a vehicle. I would go with the FL Nexedge system. It is ideal for this customer...

The TKR-830 is not a "repeater". It is a (analog) Trunking Station. Just a transmitter & receiver designed to operate with an external LTR or MPT type trunking controller which handles the audio & repeater control functions. If you want to make a repeater out of the 830 you'll have to add some...

DMR, NXDN/6.25 and NXDN/12.5 all have the same "voice compression" and all use the same device, AMBE+2 Vocoder that compresses voice to 2400 BPS. All 3 also use the same technique of 4-level FSK-frequency shift keying to transmit ones & zeros in binary code to send the 2400 voice bits plus other...

Licensing evenly spaced trunking channels is standard FCC practice. The FCC started that practice when they first opened 800MHz trunking in the1980's. 800MHz Licenses were issued in 5 ch blocks, evenly spaced by 1MHz with 45MHz between TX & RX. That allowed the manufacturers to make standardized...

Last week my xts5000 got some water on it from the rain and I died a little inside. Then you are buying the wrong radios. The latest Kenwood models are IP67 Immersion Proof. Even the new P500 entry level/warehouse radio ($250/300) is Immersion proof. Knowing KW, I doubt you will see any new...

Motorola has another first ???? First for them maybe. Kenwood has added it to all their new models and upgraded models since about 2010 so it now is in all its product line from their warehouse grade radios on up. Some models have voice mailbox capability as well.

Just a note: The KW repeater is rated for 100% continuous duty in V & UHF. "Continuous Duty" usually doesn't mean the same thing in V & U to some manufacturers as it does in the upper bands. But these are the stations KW uses for their trunk systems that have a continuous control channel that...

That explains a lot. All the Turbo/DMR station/repeaters are CB-linear transmitters and as such, require reasonably linear antenna systems to maintain bias on the class-A power amp. Otherwise they will drop in ERP and distort the modulation - in either analog or digital mode. A duplexer & 3dB...

I tried to find out the RJ-#'s for these parts. The best I can do is tell you that we buy them from Tessco and their SKU # and description: SKU 17686 "Dual modular plug adapter" ( T ). I think they work but we don't buy them anymore because the male end is not long enough to snap in securely...

8-pin CAT5 cable can be substituted for mic cord. It is too stiff to use on hand mics that get handled but works fine for base mics. You can save yourself a lot of trouble though if you buy the CAT5 version of those junction boxes. It has a RJ- number but I can't remember it off hand. There is...