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Kenwood VP5430 issues

NCPD220

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Is anyone who is running Kenwood's VP5430's having any issues with their radios swapping channels unprompted. We have sent the radios to our retailer to try and diagnose/ fix the problem but they were unable to figure anything out.

More specifically the radios will switch to the second channel in the selected zone. Sometimes it is with movement, other times it happens when sitting completely still. Has anyone else experienced this issue and have a solution?
 

AM909

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Multiple radios? What kind of system are they on? Scan enabled/programmed?
 

NCPD220

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I am the programmer for local city government, they are 800's and have scan enabled and programed.
 

WB5UOM

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I have many many as in lots of them out and have not heard any complaints including this one you mention
 
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