a friend of a friend bought 2 W7's off some guy who got them from some state auction. I read one them, edited the code plug that had 1 channel in it to a VHF channel we use around here and was able to tx. So I opened my code plug (w4) edited the whole damn thing (trying to save time from rewriting his from scratch)and couldn't write to the radio, I was getting a message about features don't match? I then powered the w7 head read it again and edited its own code plug to 73 channels to RX only except for a couple of his own channels, then tried to write it and now it won't write because it isn't narrowband compliant, it's asking me to update the firmware to the radio. Can this still be done with this radio? He has 2 of them?
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To clone, feature sets must match exactly. Firmware can also be an issue. If your W7 is not narrowband, you cannot clone from a C/P with narrowband splinter channels.
You can try a top level drag and drop, but again, if your destination radio is does not have a 2.5KHz RF board, it's not going to work.
You can try a top level drag and drop, but again, if your destination radio is does not have a 2.5KHz RF board, it's not going to work.
The RF board will have a different number IF it is a narrow band capable board. There are several different ones. Also the command board or the VOCON may be different for 2.5kHz steps. The serial tag has '2.5kHz ' on it for factory 2.5 k stepping radios.
Lots of different configurations and many radios have wrong 'code plug' jammed in them.
Lots of different configurations and many radios have wrong 'code plug' jammed in them.
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