Odd Kenwood TK-840 programming issue

[pnwchris]

Hello all,

This has to be a common problem, as all four of my 840s exhibit this issue.

I have a set of frequencies set up in KPG-25D in two "systems". Software is working great in DosBox. (Need to donate to those guys!)

Problem comes in after I push this config to the radios. Everything above entry 11 turns into "Talk about" and doesn't keep the QT/DQT settings. The entire System 2 set of channels doesn't have any QT/DQT config...they're all TA.

I looked in all the options and nothing seems obvious, like a "ignore QT/DQT decode and encode after entry 11", but maybe there's something else that is a little less obvious?

I've also tried reducing the number of entries and changing the radio model to Sp, just to see. No differences in the radio behavior.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Chris

 

[pnwchris]

Don't see a way to edit posts, so I'll try to clarify, now that I've reread my post.

The issue isn't in the KPG-25D software, that I can tell, since the config is fine, and it writes to the radios without any issues. The problem shows up when I'm flipping through the "groups" in the TK-840 itself. Once I get up to #12, the TA icon shows up.

 

[Reelfishguy]

Don't see a way to edit posts, so I'll try to clarify, now that I've reread my post.

The issue isn't in the KPG-25D software, that I can tell, since the config is fine, and it writes to the radios without any issues. The problem shows up when I'm flipping through the "groups" in the TK-840 itself. Once I get up to #12, the TA icon shows up.

I think that is normal for TA to appear in simplex mode.

 

[pnwchris]

Ah ha!!!

I had thought, incorrectly, that TA, aka Talk About, is Kenwood's way of saying "no PL", or QT/DQT. I just checked my programming. I fat fingered the transmit frequency on one of the entries.

Thanks for being nice about pointing out my mistake!

Problem solved!

 

[KK6ZTE]

TA means TalkAround--aka bypassing a repeater.