Has anyone else experienced problems programming an ICOM F4161DS? I was able to program it once and now did does not recognize the com port. Does the F4161 play well with Windows 11 Pro because that is what I am using. This is my first ICOM purchase and I really like it. Any wisdom or help you can provide would be appreciated. Thanks!
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Problems programming ICOM F4161DS?
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Are you using an OEM Icom cable?
The one I had for many moons was the OPC-1122U-B. I received a new cable, an OPC-2344-1. I continued to use the older cable until one day it quit on me. The new cable works fine. I don't have an answer but maybe some behind the scenes shenanigans with the cable driver? Using Windows 11.
The one I had for many moons was the OPC-1122U-B. I received a new cable, an OPC-2344-1. I continued to use the older cable until one day it quit on me. The new cable works fine. I don't have an answer but maybe some behind the scenes shenanigans with the cable driver? Using Windows 11.
fontanei
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You’ve to make sure you’re using an ftdi cable on win 11. The oem cable is ftdi based.
mmckenna
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Some of the Icom iDAS radios were 6.25KHz NXDN "Very Narrow" only. I believe that is one of them.
I haven't touched Icom LMR gear in quite a while, so maybe someone with more familiarity in the Icom iDAS product line can confirm.
I haven't touched Icom LMR gear in quite a while, so maybe someone with more familiarity in the Icom iDAS product line can confirm.
I had a 4161DS a while back and it only did 6.25 (“very narrow” in Kenwood parlance). I have heard tell that some newer Icom iDAS radios will do 12.5 (“narrow”) as well, but I don’t believe any of the early iDAS radios did.
Somewhat tangential, but I recall on at least one occasion Icom having a separate booth at Hamvention for their commercial products (this was back in the Hara days). They had some of the earlier iDAS radios there one year and they were pushing the spectral efficiency aspect of 6.25 really hard. I suspect the true reason for doing 6.25 exclusively was to make the engineering easier/cheaper, but they were really turning it into a selling point.
Somewhat tangential, but I recall on at least one occasion Icom having a separate booth at Hamvention for their commercial products (this was back in the Hara days). They had some of the earlier iDAS radios there one year and they were pushing the spectral efficiency aspect of 6.25 really hard. I suspect the true reason for doing 6.25 exclusively was to make the engineering easier/cheaper, but they were really turning it into a selling point.
MTS2000des
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The 3161/4161 series are 6.25 only, the 3261/4261 series and later do 12.5 and 6.25.
fontanei
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I’m pretty sure 3261/4261 series are 6.25khz wide only.
MTS2000des
5B2_BEE00 Czar
You are correct, it was the 3361/4360, I had both, just verified old codeplugs and the choices are "narrow" and "very narrow"
