Norm, You are correct about the firmware, but it affects all channels in the radio. When I last checked on this issue with Kenwood tech support, they did not have a fix that allowed changing the reverse burst on a per-channel basis- it was all or nothing. My local PD uses Kenwood TKR-840 repeaters, TK-380 and TK-390 portables, and TK-890 mobiles. It would be nice if they could be programmed to silently mute on the County Sheriff's Motorola system, but those channels still have an annoying squelch crash.
73, Eric Lemmon WB6FLY -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of NORM KNAPP Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2009 10:45 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] RE: 50 Watt Repeater I am pretty sure there is already a firmware fix for this in dealer tools. We had a customer buy 3 new tkr-850's. He otherwise had mostly moto portables. When he heard the sql crash, he wanted it either fixed or his old repeaters back (2 unidens and a standard). We got on the phone with tech support and had firmware in moments... ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] <mailto:Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com> <[email protected] <mailto:Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com> > To: [email protected] <mailto:Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com> <[email protected] <mailto:Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Sat Dec 12 08:01:20 2009 Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] RE: 50 Watt Repeater Paul, It depends on what portables you are using with the Kenwood repeater. Some, but not all of the newer CPS programmed equipment have a setting checkbox marked something like "Use non-standard PL decode" which can be set on a per channel basis. With this feature enabled the squelch crash issue goes away. I have seen this on the HT750/1250/1550 and CDM products. If the portables are older then you either have to live with the crash or you can have a dealer contact Kenwood about changing the timing in firmware (not a cheap option). Milt N3LTQ Quoting Paul Dumdie <[email protected] <mailto:w9dwp%40sbcglobal.net> <mailto:w9dwp%40sbcglobal.net> >: > I have a TKR-750 repeater and like it. My only issue is that I use Motorola > Portables and keep getting a squelch crash. What have you guys > setting the setting for the reverse burst at to get rid of the > squelch crash? > > Thanks! > > > Paul R. Dumdie Jr. "73" > W9DWP/R IRLP-NODE-4455 > 443.025/2A 145.270/1B/1Z/NAC-293 > ARC-Radio-8 KCARES KCAPS > HERD546 EX WB9QWZ > WQGG738-462.725 AAR5CU/T > www.riflesandradios.com > www.theherd.com > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
