Programming a TK-372G with TK-370 RSS interesting...

[WC4RAV]

so I was tired one night and playing around with my DOS programming laptop and read my TK-372G with KPG27D (which is actually for the older 270/370).

Suddenly my 32 channel radio became a multi-zone radio. I was able to add channels past 32 in a group and added 8 more groups (for a total of 9 groups) all in all around 120 channels. Group scan works, as does everything.

The only oddity is KPG27 reports this as being a "148-174" radio. And, while it lets me save a copy of the radio's codeplug, if I attempt to load said codeplug into the RSS from disk it blows up.

Reading the radio with the proper KPG-76 CPS and it just ignores anything past the first group. Writing back to it in 76D makes it a 32 channel radio again.

So did I do a bad bad thing? Will doing this harm the radio at all? RF performance is fine. I am kinda new to Kenwoods at least they aren't like Mexirolas (the new name for Motorola since they want to export more American labor south of the border) about RSS/CPS versions, etc.

[kingpin]

I've done this with several of our department's radios with no ill effects. It's just taking advantage of memory that is already there but "blocked off" by the programming software. The downside is that if you want to change the programming of the radio, you have to do it "live" by reading the radio and making the changes then. You can save the file but I haven't been able to open it in either radio's software.

Jason
KE4KZY

[WC4RAV]

Good info, that is what I thought was going on. You are right, anytime you need to change/add/del something you have to read the radio but still, moving from 32 channels 1 zone to over 100 in mutizones is worth it.
I really like this little 327G, looking for a 272G, these are nice little radios and I am thoroughly impressed with the performance (super RX and the TX audio is incredible).

I have done this with TK-250/250's as well but was able to save the codeplug to files with no problems.