Cloning/reprogramming hand sets

[Philnavy]

Hi all, I have a bit of a quandary.
I work for an outdoor event company who use icom F4032S radios but they get damaged or lost so I said I'd buy my own and know that it'll be in good working order so I bought an icom F4GS hoping to pair it with one of theirs. However, I can't seem to find out which cable and software I require, if it can be done at all.....
Any pointers, suggestions or help would be appreciated.
Thank you

 

[bbo14]

Are you asking if you can clone your F4GS from one of the F4023S radios? I don't think that will work. The features are probably different and you will probably get an error message. You might just have to read their radio with it's appropriate software and then, using the proper software for your radio model, create a profile for it using the same frequencies, squelch codes, etc. and program your radio with it. Be sure to save your original profiles from both radios FIRST, when in the appropriate software for the radio you are dealing with, so in case you mess something up, you will have the original profile(s) to go back to the "save the day". Good luck.

 

[mmckenna]

The cloning between different radio models isn't going to work. They need to be identical radios, same band, model number, etc. Plus the "clone" function needs to be active on both.

If you wan to program the new radio, you need Icom CS-F3G software and the OPC-478.

But, before you spend more money on this...
I'm not in the UK, so your OfCom rules are not familiar to me. There may be some licensing issues here. You as an employee is not the same as the licensee. Usually the licensee (the one who's name is on the license/permission to use the frequencies) must approve adding new radios. Make sure you get that sorted out so everything is legal and you won't get yourself in any trouble. Maybe someone from the UK can chime in and assist you.

If you have not programmed two way radios before, you may want to take pause and consider your options. There's some knowledge involved and usually it takes some guidance for the newcomer to do this sort of work correctly. Getting it wrong might make the radios not work correctly, or it may cause interference to others.

Also the F4GS is a pretty old radio. They tend to drift the alignment off as they age, so consider this all an experiment.

 

[Philnavy]

thank you both for your replies and insights into my dilemma. I might be better off telling my employer to spend money on new radios and pay for an extra one for myself.

 

[mmckenna]

thank you both for your replies and insights into my dilemma. I might be better off telling my employer to spend money on new radios and pay for an extra one for myself.

That would be an appropriate way to do this. Plus, let them handle the maintenance, batteries, etc.