Programming two different radios to same frequency?

[RalphIII]

Hello All,
Can a Kenwood two way radio be programmed to frequency 456.6375 in order to work with some Midland business class radios? Can the Kenwood also be programmed with the same privacy codes, otherwise must those be set to "none". As exampled in my Midland programming software below. Channel 1 is set to 456.6375 with a privacy code of 100. Whereas Channel 2 is set to 456.6375 with no privacy code.

If a Kenwood radio can be made to work which one would you recommend? I'm just looking for something inexpensive to pick up, so it can be a used radio. So if you have a Kenwood radio you'd like to part with send me a PM. The radio must have the following features though.

1. Kenwood k1 plug for headsets (two prong).
2. 2 watt power. I think we are limited to 2 watts with our FCC license because that's the power we listed for our two way radios.
3. UHF. These are for indoor use only.
4. Antenna options. I'd like the option of being able to add a better antenna, if necessary. We have one area where the signal is challenging due to walls or electrical.

Pryme makes a Bluetooth dongle for Kenwood radios. So I'm considering adding one in order to make use of a few Bluetooth headsets. The dongle actually works with my Midland radios but I haven't been able to figure out how to use the Bluetooth headset microphone? So I'll look to pick up one Kenwood radio, if necessary, because those are supposed to be fully compatible.

Thanks,
Ralph

 

[kd4efm]

First, that is another word for PL code.
And yes, any radio will do that.

 

[RalphIII]

First, that is another word for PL code.
And yes, any radio will do that.

Ok, I'm not sure what PL code stands for? But to confirm, a Kenwood radio can be programmed to frequency 456.6375 with a matching Midland privacy code of let's say 100, as exampled above.

Do you have an affordable Kenwood 2 watt radio recommendation?

Thanks,
Ralph

 

[fxdscon]

Ok, I'm not sure what PL code stands for?

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[Robert721]

PL was a Motorola Term "Private Line" which equaled CTCSS. They pushed it for commercial users. A way to have several business use their repeaters and one user would not have to listen to the other company's traffic. The mic had a special hanger box that would open the receive when you picked up the mic and would allow you to see if the repeater was in use before you transmitted to your other company radios. Like in GMRS radios the same 8 repeater frequencies everywhere. So coverage areas could overlap. Different tones isolate what you hear and key up.