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Programming TK359 Issues

Thread starter 2E0YGG
Start date Oct 8, 2012

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2E0YGG

Newbie

Oct 8, 2012

Hello. I'm attempting to reprogram some TK359 radios but I'm having issues and I'm not sure whether they are software or hardware based.

I've previously programmed the radios fine however I've come back a couple of months later and I need to change the channel settings. I've connected the radios and fired up the software exactly as I did before, but I now find myself unable to read/write with the radio.

When I select 'read from radio' the software starts the transfer, I can see it on the screen, and the radio led starts flashing too. Yet without fail it always cuts off part of the way through. Whether it's at 2, 7 or any other number.

I've tried pretty much everything I can think of. Done everything that I've found in troubleshooting online.

Any suggestions as to what has changed and caused this issue to start?