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Kenwood TK-290 1EB1 OR 1EB9 Firmware

NJohnson42

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Jun 10, 2022
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Alright so I did a dumb... does anyone have a copy of the 1EB1 or 1EB9 firmware for a tk290... I put 608F on mine thinking i could just revert back since the newer version bricked my radio but i realized I needed the firmware to revert back to... any help? Here's my email if anyone is willing to send me a copy...


Unboltedfilms@gmail.com


""IM NOT ASKING FOR THE PROGRAMMING SOFTWARE. IM JUST LOOKING FOR A OLDER FIRMWARE""
 

NJohnson42

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Alright so I did a dumb... does anyone have a copy of the 1EB1 or 1EB9 firmware for a tk290... I put 608F on mine thinking i could just revert back since the newer version bricked my radio but i realized I needed the firmware to revert back to... any help? Here's my email if anyone is willing to send me a copy...


Unboltedfilms@gmail.com


""IM NOT ASKING FOR THE PROGRAMMING SOFTWARE. IM JUST LOOKING FOR A OLDER FIRMWARE""

If I recall correctly (it's been a decade or so) there were multiple hardware versions of the TK-x90 radios and you had to use the correct level firmware or risk brickage.
Yea i have the VERY early version of the radio.. my model is 00800392. So I'll need the 1EB1 or 1EB9 firmware.. I installed the newest version thinking it would work but it didn't. Now i can't revert the radio back to what it was without the old firmware
 

ke0gb

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Oct 27, 2022
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I'm looking for updated firmware also for my TK-290,
S.N.: 00300684,
which I believe to be 1EB9 if I read LSB-0260 correctly.

My email address is: rickh6155@gmail.com

Thx and 73...
Rick - KE0GB
 
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