Hilltop1 Posted December 27, 2014 Report Share Posted December 27, 2014 I just put a Wouxon KG-UV920P-A into service at my base station. It was pretty easy to figure out. I only looked in the book a couple times (to figure out how to release the removable face and to get a couple menu #'s to set PL tone). This thing is solid yet compact. Reports are that it sounds great. Undoubtedly I will get another one for the truck. I love the remote face. The main radio is out of the way and the face/control surface (about 2" high by about 6" wide) can be more conveniently located where you want with the included data cord (it looked to be about 15 feet long). Too many features to list, I love this radio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest spd641 Posted December 28, 2014 Report Share Posted December 28, 2014 Beware I have 2 of those models and after a few months the control head scrambles the Alpha numeric names up and will not correct itself most of the time...William Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvfreetage Posted January 12, 2015 Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 I've got the 950P, which is very similar, only quad band. One thing I like about it is programming it with the computer. If you have it in the shack, I would invest in a programming cable. BEWARE of copy cables, they don't work too well. The programming software for the radio is pretty average, but is usable. I run the CRAP out of mine in the car, SOLID for the past 3 months with like no issues. BUT that is the 950P... I have heard of the display issues with the 920, but I thought that was fixed with later models. 73James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted February 23, 2015 Report Share Posted February 23, 2015 KG-UV920P-A.... that looks like a nice radio for mobile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truevil Posted February 23, 2015 Report Share Posted February 23, 2015 I have had one of these in my vehicle for 5 months now. No problems at all, and reports are it sounds great. I highly recommend it! Steve 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WQIR250 Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 Is anyone having issues with programming split tones where Tx is DCS and Rx is CTCSS? or visa versa? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sshannon Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 32 minutes ago, WQIR250 said: Is anyone having issues with programming split tones where Tx is DCS and Rx is CTCSS? or visa versa? I haven’t tried it, but you can always just leave the tone out for receive and it’ll work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WQIR250 Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 6 minutes ago, Sshannon said: I haven’t tried it, but you can always just leave the tone out for receive and it’ll work. Living in a crowded area the frequency is too active and I like filtering the noise out. Sshannon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sshannon Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 29 minutes ago, WQIR250 said: Living in a crowded area the frequency is too active and I like filtering the noise out. Makes sense. So what happens when you try to program split tones? Is the programming giving you a problem or does it simply fail on the radio? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WQIR250 Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 Using the radio programming software, tone modes are listed as: None, Tone, T Sql, DCS, D Code, T DCS, D Tone I was able to program split tones for a number of the local GMRS repeaters using the codes listed, except for one. That repeater has DCS Tx & DCS Rx split tones, which I cannot get to work. My Icom IC-F6021 (Business Band radio) allows for the programming of DCS split tones and I was able to access the repeater. That radio is my base rig for GMRS repeater communications. I wanted to use the Wouxun KG-UV920P as my mobile rig (it's a better fit for my Jeep since the control head is removable). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sshannon Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 13 minutes ago, WQIR250 said: Using the radio programming software, tone modes are listed as: None, Tone, T Sql, DCS, D Code, T DCS, D Tone I was able to program split tones for a number of the local GMRS repeaters using the codes listed, except for one. That repeater has DCS Tx & DCS Rx split tones, which I cannot get to work. My Icom IC-F6021 (Business Band radio) allows for the programming of DCS split tones and I was able to access the repeater. That radio is my base rig for GMRS repeater communications. I wanted to use the Wouxun KG-UV920P as my mobile rig (it's a better fit for my Jeep since the control head is removable). So I assume you would need your radio to be in mode “T DCS”, which I believe transmits a CTCSS tone to the repeater and expects to receive a DCS code from the repeater? If that doesn’t work then I would try “D Tone” in case it lists the receive mode first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WQIR250 Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 Since I am going from DCS-Tx to DCS-Rx, the correct setting is D Code. So I rechecked the channel settings and discovered the repeater offset was "wrong" Agh!!! So, I corrected the offset, and guess what?! Yup... I now have access to the repeater! I have been working on this issue for two days. (Silly mistake) I'm leaving this thread up in case someone else gets confused with the "Tone Mode" settings for the Wouxun KG-UV920P: None = No tone Tone = Tx CTCSS Tone Sql = Tx CTCSS & Rx CTCSS DCS = Tx DCS D Code = Tx DCS & Rx DCS T DCS = Tx CTCSS & Rx DCS D Tone = Tx DCS & Rx CTCSS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sshannon Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 11 minutes ago, WQIR250 said: Since I am going from DCS-Tx to DCS-Rx, the correct setting is D Code. So I rechecked the channel settings and discovered the repeater offset was "wrong" Agh!!! So, I corrected the offset, and guess what?! Yup... I now have access to the repeater! I have been working on this issue for two days. (Silly mistake) I'm leaving this thread up in case someone else gets confused with the "Tone Mode" settings for the Wouxun KG-UV920P: None = No tone Tone = Tx CTCSS Tone Sql = Tx CTCSS & Rx CTCSS DCS = Tx DCS D Code = Tx DCS & Rx DCS T DCS = Tx CTCSS & Rx DCS D Tone = Tx DCS & Rx CTCSS Great! But I'm confused. You said that the repeater was split tone: "where Tx is DCS and Rx is CTCSS." But now you say you're in D Code, which uses DCS for Tx and DCS for Rx. That's not split mode. What did I miss. WRUU653 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRYZ926 Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 Getting the offset wrong will drive one batty. You can't always go by what repeater book says either. Sshannon and WRUU653 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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