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All else, set yourself up with an emergency coms radio. Basic know how of use for emergency/shtf/power outages etc. For me, I started with wanting something I could get a hold of my family who is across town about 30 min away on a good day drive. I also off road a fair amount and the radio are a must. So I have gone down the rabbit hole on radios. Also living in Southern California with wide fires, radios came in very handy for those directly effected in the recent wildfire; as their power, cell towers, internet lines all went down (the main run in burned). The amateur side was relaying messages from people in the dead zone, down to people with power, cell service etc; and where relaying messages to family members. And then add earthquakes, we haven't seen a GOOD one in some years to REALLY put the infrastructure to a test for rigidity. I also have the benefit of several GMRS and Amateur repeaters in my area.

Maybe if you tell us what kind of radio you have, and what exactly you mean by "work with", we can help..

Sounds like a match made in heaven ?

I would like to introduce your printer to my paper shredder... Keying up an HT in the same room causes the shredder to cycle (for whatever time-out period it has to ensure paper has cleared the blades). And in the 80s or 90s, I recall tales (may be urban legends, though I was living in the South Bay at the time) of newer model cars getting disabled on CA highway 17 (now I-880). Seems there was one mountain pass on the route that aligned with either a radar site or microwave relay towers... RF bursts were essentially doing the equivalent of an EMP on some of the poorer shielded engine management systems of those cars.

A (short-term) store&forward system, with the bird regenerating packets between receive and transmit... {Just commenting -- no analysis intended) Figuring out how to program it into a radio might be interesting (it likely won't be of use in the repeater-list of units with a "nearest repeaters" function unless one is mid-ocean ? ). I've not configured any D-STAR contacts into the regular channels of my systems.

Fricken Retevis and their narrowbandbullshite.

I asked Retivis what the default factory settings were and they sent this image. I need to get back up there and reprogram it.

RFI better know as Radio Frequency Interference can do weird and funny things to near by equipment. It overloads the equipment's frontend and electronics and causes all kinds of fun things.. Just like you experienced with the alarms that was on the tractor around the construction site. I bet if you move further away than 20 feet from it it might not have happened. I have been behind many of my buddies knowing they are speeding and have set off there radar detectors with my gmrs radio and other radios because i was close to them and overloaded the frontend of the radar detector. Funny as crap to watch them hit the brakes cause they thought a cop was around radaring.. RF can and will do very weird things.. That's why the FCC has RF Exposure limits on certain frequencies. https://www.fcc.gov/general/radio-frequency-safety-0#:~:text=The SAR is a value,(1.6 W%2Fkg).

Dang it Randy, now I need your Jeep to get back to my super remote repeater site.

There are some nets I enjoy, and some I do not. I did however, recently find a redeeming element to even the most annoying of nets. The constant traffic was very helpful in finding the best location on my roof to place the antenna. ?

Now that I as well as three original gmrs guys are hams we still talk on gmrs daily and monitor it as much as possible to keep it alive and well. Just because it indeed is our families last line of coms. It helps to have a good quality repeater in a thoughtful spot that has good coverage to benefit more people. I never think about the cost to get equipment. I think about value if the grid was indeed down. Every day it looks more and more that it could happen.

Best thing is look in the service manual. If its possible the manual will explain how its done. Looking briefly it appears the answer is no to your question. http://manuals.repeater-builder.com/Kenwood/tk/TK-8360/TK-8360(H)(K2_M2)_B51-8964-00.pdf As a matter of practice I spend time hunting down all the relevant documentation, in PDF format, for any radios I have or plan on buying. I have a library of folders for each radio/model series with user guides, service manuals, notes, FCC grants, modifications if any and manufactures brochures. The last one is the first thing I look for when thinking about purchasing a used radio. Excellent source for features, exact frequency ranges, on UHF it's common to have more that one, number of memory channels etc. If I don't like what I see then I've saved myself some money by not getting something I won't like or can't use. https://pdfs.kenwoodproducts.com/30/TK-7360HV-8360HUBrochure.pdf http://manual.kenwood.com/files/53d7482397066.pdf https://fccid.io/K44415502