I have this radio second hand and it was preprogrammed by someone else. It works with most of the GMRS repeaters in my area. Question is how do I make it scan? When I hit the "s" button it just turns off the squelch.
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Kenwood 8160 question
- Thread starter radsmachine
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Try making sure the microphone is clipped into a metal clip that is grounded to the radio chassis. The radio can be programmed to control scanning if the microphone is "hung up" or not.
Since the individual buttons, as well as most other radio functions are controlled via programming software, it is possible that the original owner never set it up to scan. You would need KPG-99 programming software and a KPG-46U programming cable to read the radio and see how it was set up, and to turn on the scan function if it wasn't.
Since the individual buttons, as well as most other radio functions are controlled via programming software, it is possible that the original owner never set it up to scan. You would need KPG-99 programming software and a KPG-46U programming cable to read the radio and see how it was set up, and to turn on the scan function if it wasn't.
Thank you so much for the reply. I guess that button is programmed to cut the squelch. I'm going to gift this radio to a friend that just got his GMRS ticket, so I'm not going to buy software and stuff. Perhaps he will; but I doubt it.
It's fairly easy to find the software and is pretty basic as far as programming software goes. You could read the radio, make your changes, and shoot the programming back in the radio to match it to your needs.
That said, I prefer the 8180 over the 8160 because of a better display (dot matrix and more characters). But both are good for tx/rx.
