I have received a donation of three Icom IC-F50V radios that I need to reprogram for our local CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) group. I purchased the programming cable and software from The Antenna Farm on eBay (100% positive feedback). Installation of cable and software went smoothly and I am able to read the contents of the radio, however when I try to write to the radio it goes thru the motion (progress bar) then at the end I get "No answer from transceiver".
I have tried this on three different radios and two computers, one Win7 and the other Win10. Software version is 3.1.1. Radio serial numbers all start with 010.
I have tried all the different Model selections although reading from the radio always switches the Model back to LMR (2 tone).
When I read from the radio the radio display shows "CLONExxx" but when writing to the radio the radio display just shows the active channel name and doesn't change.
I have "Googled it" and searched this forum with many more-or-less-related posts but none that match what I am seeing exactly. Someone said something about perhaps the wrong radio firmware... how do I detect what radio firmware I have and determine if that may be the problem?
Out of ideas... any suggestions?
I have tried this on three different radios and two computers, one Win7 and the other Win10. Software version is 3.1.1. Radio serial numbers all start with 010.
I have tried all the different Model selections although reading from the radio always switches the Model back to LMR (2 tone).
When I read from the radio the radio display shows "CLONExxx" but when writing to the radio the radio display just shows the active channel name and doesn't change.
I have "Googled it" and searched this forum with many more-or-less-related posts but none that match what I am seeing exactly. Someone said something about perhaps the wrong radio firmware... how do I detect what radio firmware I have and determine if that may be the problem?
Out of ideas... any suggestions?
