On Tuesday 02 February 2010 13:05:23 sszretter wrote: > Can someone tell me if this makes sense -- > > I had a RS 2m HT with a KPC-3 and was able to reasonably connect to 3 > different stations. > > I switched out the radio and put in a Kenwood TR 2600 HT. > > It is lower power (2.5 vs. 5 watts), but those stations still seem to be > able to hear me, and I can still connect to two of them without issue. > > However, the third one when I connect to it sends me a message back that I > am connected to it, but my KPC-3 does not recognize the connection and > eventually times out retries. > > Listening to it, the difference that I hear is that station seems to > respond very quickly. I am wondering if something is getting cut off, or I > need to adjust something int he KPC-3 to tell it to start listening sooner > or stop transmitting as long...? > > Any ideas? > > > > First, check that you don't have the pin inside the KPC-3 set for HT usage. Their is a pin in the unit that needs to be moved if you haven't so that it will send the correct responses for an HT and a mobile/base.
Second, check your AXDELAY and TXDELAY's. You might have to readjust those to compensate for the differences in timing issues between the HT and the mobile/base. Third, do you have the proper cable for the Kenwood. Last I remember, there was a difference in the placement and values of the resistors and capacitors used between the kenwood version and the ICOM/YAESU/ALINCO/Radio Shack cables. If this doesn't work, try setting your squelch to open and setting the command in the KPC-3 so that it is software controlled for recieve and transmit. If you have any more troubles, let me know. I have the manual for the KPC-3 here and can probably walk you through the different commands and settings. James W8ISS