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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?

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

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.
mod

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

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.

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.
mod