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That makes sense. I have the service manual for the -45. So far can't find one for the -45D. A few of the DMR radio recommended Kenwood mic's had a few extra ceramic cap's installed verses the non DMR recommended models. The really fancy one is the KMC-52D. That one has a full builtin DSP processor core, and it's own programming software. The big pit fall with the various digital voice modes is the CODEC is HIGHLY optimized for voice only. Things like wind noise, sirens etc. will bugger up the conversion from analog to digital. The DSP based speaker mic does all the filtering and noise cancellation in the mic itself before the audio is passed to the radio. By comparison the -45 is very simple. Just a mic element, speaker and some switches. KMC-45.pdf KMC-52D.pdf

I have 2 of these. I have used these with a variety of antennas and the suction is secure- even at high speed. Rx/Tx are both outstanding. I needed a no holes/no damage mount for my car. If you search on here for HCCFCA you'll probably find it.

Almost certainly. Ratings are usually conservative. Plus, you probably don’t transmit continuously for long periods of time.

They are two separate logins, but once you’ve logged into both you should be okay.

MyGMRS.com remembers me when I go to just the MyGMRS.com page, but forgets me if I go to any of the forum pages. It wants me to log in again and insists on dumping me into the new account.

I've been a user on MyGMRS.com for well over a decade, although I went a few years without using it more than once or twice. A couple of months ago I got back into being more active and using both the radio and this website more often. Last night I was googling something and one of the links happened to be a post here. It was from a bit less than a year ago -- not really ancient, but not new either. I started to enter a reply on one of the comments and the site prompted me to log in. I started to log in and the site treated me as a new user. Now MyGMRS.com seems to have two separate accounts with the same display name and the same email address.

That is why the 45 was discontinued by Kenwood and they only make the 45D. Anyone selling a 45 might be selling NOS (new old stock) or it could be a clone Either way the 45 being cheaper isn't surprising.

I ordered a Nagoya 320a to try out. I'll put it on my best radio(AR-5RM #3, see my power test video in Armature Radio section.) to see how it works. P.S. This antenna is rated for 10W, my radio is putting out 11W. Is there enough "wiggle room" for it to handle the extra watt?

M$ screwed up with forcing a move to a tablet type interface on newer versions of Windows. Win10 is "tolerable", have it on the work computer, company laptop and home PC. I needed it on the home PC because the Kenwood license manager for their feature license installation won't work on Win7, which I would still be using otherwise, it was close to the look and feel of Win XP. The Win11 I have in a VM for experimentation sucks. It's slow and and nothing more more than a advertising delivery system for M$ garbage. I've flipped every "switch" I could find and researched on-line, but I sill get annoying reminders, here and there, to get M$ Office 365 and cloud services. Win11 is the new Vista, and much more annoying.

I did tell JK that if he heads down under, he could work it as PLOTA Porta-Loo OTA...

That is part of why I got into amateur radio, but not the only thing. I do enjoy having chats with people I know in my area. I also enjoy getting on local repeaters and chatting when I'm taking a trip. It's not the only thing I enjoy about it, but if some folks want to use it for only that, I don't mind. Occasionally, I get a bit bored listening to a couple of guys talk about their medical problems or sports, but I can always turn it off.

This radio was a bit more expensive, GBP 90. I had it shipped from the UK through eBay's international system. https://www.ebay.com/itm/126800820122?var=427899179724 I had to get it before the "de minimus" tariff exception for goods under $800 disappears on 8/29/2025. Otherwise it would be a ridiculous price with the minimum tariff required. No more shopping for stuff outside the USA on eBay anymore. https://www.avalara.com/blog/en/north-america/2024/11/de-minimis-exemption-changes-coming.html

Reminds me of the Cotre C001D DMR HTs that were briefly available from Amazon for $17 and actually worked!

When Macs switched to Intel, I sucked my licensed copy of Windows XP out of SoftWindows and with its proper serial number, installed it into Bootcamp and Parallels to this day on my remaining Intel Macs.