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Kenwood TK 3180 scanning issues

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I am using a Kenwood Tk 3180 and in the last few days i have had a issue with the radio scanning a local fire department. I am not receiving any of there transmissions and they come in clear on my TK 380. When the department does transmit i have to hit the squelch button to listen.I have never had this issue before. Any help Please
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The Correct PL is in there.I reprogrammed the frequency and PL tone so now i just have to wait and see what happens
 

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If i set it to 2 tone do i set it to dtmf, or 2 tone 1, 2 tone 2,2 tone 3, or 2 tone 4 The thing is i use to always get this department before today with no problems
 

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Did you change anything prior to it not working?

Did that department make changes that you are not aware of?

Did you try removing the Pl tone and monitoring then channel?

Do you have the channel set to only open up after decoding DTMF,TWO TONE, or PL Tone?
 

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The Frequency did not change at all and for the Opt Signal i have nothing.I am going to see what happens with out a PL tone but i do not think that will be good.
 

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The Frequency did not change at all and for the Opt Signal i have nothing.I am going to see what happens with out a PL tone but i do not think that will be good.

Its stops on the channel when in scan but doesn't receive ?

You must not have the correct PL tone
 
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