TK-390 Issue - Green Light

[JSnyder83]

Hi all, I’m hoping someone with a little more Kenwood knowledge can offer some advice.

I was updating two TK-390’s today (added a few repeaters, turned off the Power On beep, etc - nothing difficult) and after writing the update to one of the radios (the second one), the green LED on top stays lit like it’s receiving a signal. I turn the Squelch off to see if it’s a faint signal but all I’m hearing is the normal static. As I cycle through all of the repeater channels, the green light pops back on and stays on indefinitely on each channel. Additionally, whatever this issue is also caused the squelch to turn off on all of the GMRS simplex channels, but not the FRS channels. I checked the Squelch level on the radio and it wasn’t changed during the update.

When I select a repeater channel and hit the PTT I can hear the squelch tail of the repeater, and I’m still able to hear repeater conversations on the channels, so it doesn’t appear to be affecting the operation of the radio from what I can tell. So I’m wondering if I accidentally “bumped” something in the software between radios, or if it’s a radio-specific issue. The first of the two radios did not experience this same issue, just the second one.

I’ve searched online and on here and haven’t really seen anything about this issue. Appreciate any advice or guidance!

 

[mmckenna]

If it's just the one radio doing it, it's probably in need of alignment.

These are OLD radios and components drift over time. Probably just need the squelch tweaked, but may need more based on their age.

 

[JSnyder83]

If it's just the one radio doing it, it's probably in need of alignment.

These are OLD radios and components drift over time. Probably just need the squelch tweaked, but may need more based on their age.

This thought crossed my mind as well. I’ll tinker with it a bit later tonight or tomorrow and see if I can sort it out. Thanks for the reply!

 

[hill]

Maybe the squelch is set lower on this radio. Try bumping it up some.

All kind of local things that can interfere with radio signals.

 

[JSnyder83]

Maybe the squelch is set lower on this radio. Try bumping it up some.

All kind of local things that can interfere with radio signals.

The thing that perplexes me is that the radio wasn’t experiencing this issue prior to this most recent earlier today.

I’ll have to mess around with the setting a bit and see what’s going on. Hopefully it’s a simple fix.