Kenwood NX-3320 key up

[LandfillMM]

Hi all,

I’m a maintenance manager for a landfill and at my last landfill we used Motorola XPR3300e two way radios. At my current site we are using Kenwood NX-3320 radios. I liked that the Motorola’s have a tone when you press the PTT button, I’m not positive of the exact name of the tone, key up, proceed tone, mic tone. Is there anyway to have the Kenwood radios have a tone when the PTT is pressed? I like the fact that it alerts the user when the mic is hot if they accidentally press it.

Thanks for any advice.
Spencer

 

[kd4efm]

Yes, called talk proceed.
In D3 it's in global settings. Or tell the radio shop to turn it on and program.

 

[LandfillMM]

Yes, called talk proceed.
In D3 it's in global settings. Or tell the radio shop to turn it on and program.

Ok that’s great news thank you. I’m an absolute novice with this stuff. What is D3?

 

[mmckenna]

Ok that’s great news thank you. I’m an absolute novice with this stuff. What is D3?

KPG-D3N is the Kenwood programming software for that series of radios.

It runs about $155, plus you need the programming cable.

If you have not programmed professional radios before, I'd strongly recommend not trying to do it yourself. It's not simple, especially with that software.
Also:
Unless you specifically own the radios and hold the FCC license, modifying the programming of the radios can cause issues.
The radios also may have read and/or write passwords on them, which will prevent you from making changes, software or not.
If these radios run on a trunking system, you'll also need the system key, which would need to come from the owner of the system, and they will not give the key to anyone that doesn't have a specific need for it.

Much cheaper/easier/safer to just contact who ever handles the radios for your agency and let them handle this. It's not for the novice. A good tech with the software can make this change quickly and depending on how many radios you have, can probably do it cheaper than you purchasing the software and cable on your own.