TK 730 programming help

brisk13026 · Post by **brisk13026** » Sat Nov 13, 2004 1:42 am

I have one of the 'Canandian' TK 730's currently popular on eBay right now. Supposedly these are narrowband compliant ( I have been able to program in other narrowband freq.) but I cant get it to accept 158.985. I have programmed all other frequencies I need, both above and below this one and have re-programmed the PF keys to my needs. I have tried using both SP Tune and SP Tune W/N on a 133mhz Pentium laptop. This is the only problem I'm having with programming this particular radio. Any ideas?

NodrogCop · Post by **NodrogCop** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 9:29 pm

I am also having problems with my 730 taking 158.805. The software takes it, but I also get a continuous tone when I turn to the channel on my radio. It's a key side channel around here, and I would like to get it fixed.

Can anyone help brisk13026 and I?

Thanks.

Gordon

n5tbu · Post by **n5tbu** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 11:40 am

Ok guys,I tried both freqs in kpg7d version 1.32 and it works in my radio.
This version is not compatable with wide/narrow radios....wideband only,oh and I did not need special tune mode.
you could try 158.8025 and 158.9875...close enough to work.
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Boomer740 · Post by **Boomer740** » Sun Nov 21, 2004 7:33 pm

Hi guys,

NodrogCop's comment about the continuous tone caught my attention. Are the frequencies you're having trouble with by any chance at the edge of your programming band? By that I mean is the frequency in question the highest or lowest of the lot being programmed?

Perhaps that one frequency falls out of the tuning range of your particular radio? I know when I program stuff into my 30 series radios that are beyond the tuning range of the VCO I, too, get a continuous tone when I select that channel on the radio. Perhaps a re-tune of the RF section of your radios is in order?

Just a two-cent hypothesis...

Paul KB6MIP

ka7wnf · Post by **ka7wnf** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 4:18 pm

I also have one of those Canadian radios. It was brand new still packed in the boxes and plastic wrap. Those are the low band split models, 136-156Mhz. Mine won't do over 158 either and that's just the way those are.

n5tbu · Post by **n5tbu** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 9:37 pm

On that first post he programed some freqs higher than the one he has problems with,,on the second post I believe his vco is unlocking,a simple treaking of the vco should fix his problem.
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