KG-1000G Plus Coversation Starter - Chirp Profiles and Unlock on other Bands?

[WRVK513]

i would Love to try one of these radios But I Just Refuse any Thing that is Firmware Locked No Mater How Bad Or Good They Are ! I Like to Have a Choice & Cant Stand it When it Gets Taken Away! I Am Way To Bull Headed to Give in To the Wankers !

[Socalgmrs]

35 minutes ago, WRVK513 said:

i would Love to try one of these radios But I Just Refuse any Thing that is Firmware Locked No Mater How Bad Or Good They Are ! I Like to Have a Choice & Cant Stand it When it Gets Taken Away! I Am Way To Bull Headed to Give in To the Wankers !

The kg1000 is nothing special especially for the $390 price tag.  It doesn’t do any more then a $150 radio does AND what is does do it does rather pourly.   And yes it’s locked so it can be “certified”   All the wouxons are gimmicks and nothing else   Oh except yea some guy in Huntington Beach California programs them with a bunch of shtf junk frequencies very few people want or need  he has done a good job at advertising.   woxoun is the baufang of china. 

 

 

[WRYZ926]

And there ya go with the negativity yet again.

@WRVK513 If you want an actual Part 95 certified radio then yes the firmware will be locked. And this goes for pretty much all Part 95 certified consumer grade radios.

We know plenty of people use non certified amateur band radios that have been unlocked/Mars modded on GMRS, but those radios are not Part 95 certified. 

And if you don't want a locked down radio then look else where.

[WRUU653]

47 minutes ago, Socalgmrs said:

it does rather pourly

 

[Lscott]

10 hours ago, WRYZ926 said:

And if you don't want a locked down radio then look else where.

That's why I use a lot of commercial LMR radios. Many of the older Kenwood UHF models have Part 95 certification. Being freely programmable you do have to watch what you're doing when setting one up.

This one I carry around often. It's the "Type 1" UHF model, which covers the GMRS band, listed at the bottom of the brochure linked to at the link below.

https://forums.mygmrs.com/gallery/image/263-tk-3170jpg/?context=new

 

TK-3170 Grant.pdf

[73blazer]

It's really easy to unlock. Buy the KG-UV980P instead. Same basic radio, HAM version, Chirp unlocks it to transmit GMRS. Contrary to one persons opinion, these are solid radios (the 1000 or the 980P), they perform very well, sounds great on TX/RX.

No you can't just put the 980P config on a 1000, that wont "unlock" the 1000 because as it's been said, the 1000 has additional firmware burned into the thing to prevent out of GMRS bands/power levels/offsets etc. As it should as a part 95 certified radio.

[WRYZ926]

10 hours ago, 73blazer said:

No you can't just put the 980P config on a 1000, that wont "unlock" the 1000 because as it's been said, the 1000 has additional firmware burned into the thing to prevent out of GMRS bands/power levels/offsets etc. As it should as a part 95 certified radio.

Just like the unlock code for the KG-935H and KG-Q10H will not work on the KG-935G or KG-Q10G.

[marcspaz]

11 hours ago, 73blazer said:

It's really easy to unlock. Buy the KG-UV980P instead. Same basic radio, HAM version, Chirp unlocks it to transmit GMRS. Contrary to one persons opinion, these are solid radios (the 1000 or the 980P), they perform very well, sounds great on TX/RX.

No you can't just put the 980P config on a 1000, that wont "unlock" the 1000 because as it's been said, the 1000 has additional firmware burned into the thing to prevent out of GMRS bands/power levels/offsets etc. As it should as a part 95 certified radio.

 

The KG-UV980P is a great radio. Basing the KG-1000G on that hardware platform was brilliant.