kenwood 5000

Hello. I am looking to aquire an nx-5200 to use as a ham radio and to scan my county fire frequency’s. They use a p25 phase 2 ICORRS system. I currently have a Uniden sds100 and it works just fine with the system. I confirmed that some agency’s in the counties use 5200s but they said they are...

I recently purchased an NX-5200 and got it programmed. The only issue I have, is that when it is scanning and receives a transmission, it does not revert back to the selected channel. Is there a fix for this, and I’m just simply looking over it?

I setting up a Kenwood NX 5700 radio with a single RF deck and dual heads. My fleet guys installed it and turned on the radio and it has a firmware mismatch. I am setting it up for the first time and going to install the firmware update to proceed through the process. The instructions tell me to...

I'm clearly missing something as I'm sure this is a supported operation and I can't believe it would be a bug. I have only tested this on a NX-5300. I could test on NX-5800, but haven't yet. In Personality mode. I have a personality that does not have Group ID Scan checked. I also have Dual...

Hey guys! Just had a quick question, my city I work in just switched over the radio systems to a P25 digital system. I found a used Kenwood NX-5800K that I was looking to buy. The seller told me that it is NXDN/Analog capable but I’d have to purchase a P25 upgrade option for it. Just out of...

Having problems getting MDC-1200 signaling to work in analog channels in the 5000 series radios. Have tried numerous combinations of settings. I want to display the unit ID of the radio on all other radios. Can anyone give me some settings.. hints etc. THanks