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Is there a housing difference between the Kenwood NX-5000 and the VP-5000. I’m looking for the yellow housing kit for the VP-5000 but all I can find is the KWD-YH-5000 on the web and it says it is for the Kenwood NX-5200K2, NX-5300K2, NX-5000K5, NX-5400K2. The housing looks similar but I cannot...

I'm looking for Kenwood LMR dealers in southwest Michigan

I've got an NX-5800-K. It's the version that is 450-520MHz. I bought the wide-band software but I don't want to activate it until I know what specifically I'm getting. With the wide-band software, can I use this radio on the ham bands?

Hello. So I have acquired two used Kenwood TK-790 with the full feature head. I can receive on them both and transmit successfully on simplex. However I don't seem to be able to get into any of my local repeaters. I am unable to find any help files for the software to sort out what these mean...

Hey experts, I currently am running XPR portables and mobiles for ham and commercial use on analog and DMR. We have a couple nxdn systems coming into play that are using the NX5x00 mobiles. Being able to monitor and use those systems would be nice and why I'm thinking about selling my XPRs...

Good evening, I'm new to commercial radios. Someone gave us some TK-3173s. I enabled the scrambler mode on one to test it out and the radios not in scrambler mode could hear just fine. Even if I change the scrambler number. I did some digging around but I couldn't find much info. It seemed that...

I wonder what the average prices are for both of their radios. I know prices vary for dealer to dealer but I'm looking to get who ever usually has the cheapest ones to purchase in the future. Starting from most expense line to least expensive.

Our agency has EF Johnson, VP portables and mobiles. Since we’re updating our code plug, I’m looking for the Smart PTT/Busy Channel Lock Out setting that you can find on Motorola radios. Does anyone know if this setting exist on the programming software? If so, what is it called and where is it...

What radio would be very useful and have great transmit and receive for either band; an LMR (type) radio or something cheap like a Wouxun or Midland? ofc both are on the same power levels (2w for MURS, and 5 to 50 watts for GMRS)

Hello, I have a few Kenwood TK-250's, I would like to get the current programed information from the radios. Most of the batteries are not good. I do not have a programing cable and I am not interested in keeping the radios. I can send you two radios with one somewhat working battery + 2 bay...

I am not very experienced with radios but I have been tasked with upgrading our Agency to a DMR digital system. We operate on a shared frequency with multiple agencies that are not currently upgrading their systems. Our agency will go fully digital but we will cross patch at a repeater site from...

I am looking to see If I am able to transmit tone on a channel using a Kenwood NX-5300. I know on Motorola APX series I can setup a Quick-CAll II setting where when i press a button it will transmit a set of tones over the selected channel that I had programmed into the radio. I am trying to do...

My department is considering purchasing some Kenwood Viking VP-8000 radios. Does anyone have any user experience on these in terms of performance and reliability? We will use them on UHF, VHF, and 700/800. Thanks.

Hello! I have alernator Whine issue on my Kenwood TK-790 Mobile Radio Setup. The Vehicle Everything is in Is a Ford Expedition 2000. I have it configured in a Dualband Setup with a TK-890. Both Radios Controlled with a Single Control Head. The TK-790 Is Radio 2 in the setup and is Connected...

I have some NX5000 items that I am looking to sell. Includes the following: (All items listed as used, but in excellent condition. Lightly used. Some items were even dealer demos that never saw use outside of an office.) 1 - NX5800K 450-520MHz (Analog and NXDN....Includes DMR upgrade)...

My business partner and I are looking at setting up a repeater for multiple users to lease time on. And it is my understanding that Fleetsync and MDC do the exact same job by Identifying the radio that is transmitting. We are looking at the pros and cons but I'm leaning probably more toward the...

Has someone checked the SINAD of these radios at the bottom of the 2m band to see if there is an appreciable difference? If you had a K2 radio on APRS, or perhaps as a repeater receiver, and you replaced it with a K radio, would there be a significant difference in receiver performance? Or is...

Looking for something similar to the Motorola APX8000 portables that support VHF, UHF, and 700/800 MHz. I like how Kenwood portables such as the NX-5200 can support multiple protocols such as P25, DMR, NXDN, and Analog but what about multiple band splits?

We're looking at a radio system upgrade and I'm curious at what others in the Oil & Gas industry are using. We're familiar with Motorola XPR7580s on a Cap Max trunked system, and even APX4000s on an Astro25 System. Anyone using Kenwood, VF Johnson, Hytera, or even Tait? They obviously need to...

Hi This is interesting. We all know there is a chip shortage. And there is a shortage of new Kenwood's. I think The DTMF chip is part of Kenwood's problem. The TM-D710GA is being sold again BUT serial number B8610000, and above no longer has the DTMF decode ability so the wireless remote in...