I was one of the "early adopters" of the KG1000 and it has been my main radio in my Jeep for about 3 years now. The KG1000G has always had some issues (had to replace one radio early on because of mic gain issues and static/popcorn that would not go away). But the issue have started to become obvious defects and I'm hoping that perhaps a firmware update or something like that might make the radio function properly. The latest two issues are as follows:
1. Normally I run with Channel 15 (with tones) on the A side of the radio and Channel 17 with tones on the B Side (our club uses these are our A and B channels). While on GMRS channel 15 (462.550) or 17 (462.600) on the A-side of the radio (these are the only two tested), there is constant bleed-over from FRS channel 1 (462.5625). Every time some kid on a walkie talkie starts sqwawking (or there is a blast of interference on that frequency like in my video as I was sitting in an In-n-Out drive-through), it breaks the squelch on my radio and stomps over whatever legitimate traffic is on my selected frequency. The display will even briefly indicate "GMRS-01" while the interference is happening. This does NOT happen on the B side of the radio. I have tried adjusting the squelch up and down and it makes no difference. This makes the radio nearly unusable and I have to shut off the A side of the radio and only use the B side.
2. On both the A and B sides of the radio, regardless of what frequency or channel I am using, ALL broadcasts received will "clip" a few seconds into the transmission (drop out so I cannot hear for about 1 to 2 seconds). If I am running an HT right next to the KG1000-G it will NOT exhibit this problem, so I know for certain that the issue is the KG1000 itself. I can reproduce this issue at will by having another radio make a broadcast longer than about 10-15 seconds. I have also tested with my DB20-G and it does not have this problem while running trails with my group.
Do either of these issues sound familiar to anyone, and if so is there a firmware update to address the issue? I don't know what the warranty period is on this radio, but it looks like I'm coming up on the 3 year mark of owning it. (honestly based on my experience with this radio I'm not sure I can continue to recommend it!). Maybe I just got a buggy one but its been problematic throughout its lifetime with me...
Buytwowayradio has always provided great support - I hope there is an easy fix to this issue so I don't have to replace the KG1000 in my main vehicle with my cheapie backup radio (which never has problems!)
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I was one of the "early adopters" of the KG1000 and it has been my main radio in my Jeep for about 3 years now. The KG1000G has always had some issues (had to replace one radio early on because of mic gain issues and static/popcorn that would not go away). But the issue have started to become obvious defects and I'm hoping that perhaps a firmware update or something like that might make the radio function properly. The latest two issues are as follows:
1. Normally I run with Channel 15 (with tones) on the A side of the radio and Channel 17 with tones on the B Side (our club uses these are our A and B channels). While on GMRS channel 15 (462.550) or 17 (462.600) on the A-side of the radio (these are the only two tested), there is constant bleed-over from FRS channel 1 (462.5625). Every time some kid on a walkie talkie starts sqwawking (or there is a blast of interference on that frequency like in my video as I was sitting in an In-n-Out drive-through), it breaks the squelch on my radio and stomps over whatever legitimate traffic is on my selected frequency. The display will even briefly indicate "GMRS-01" while the interference is happening. This does NOT happen on the B side of the radio. I have tried adjusting the squelch up and down and it makes no difference. This makes the radio nearly unusable and I have to shut off the A side of the radio and only use the B side.
2. On both the A and B sides of the radio, regardless of what frequency or channel I am using, ALL broadcasts received will "clip" a few seconds into the transmission (drop out so I cannot hear for about 1 to 2 seconds). If I am running an HT right next to the KG1000-G it will NOT exhibit this problem, so I know for certain that the issue is the KG1000 itself. I can reproduce this issue at will by having another radio make a broadcast longer than about 10-15 seconds. I have also tested with my DB20-G and it does not have this problem while running trails with my group.
Do either of these issues sound familiar to anyone, and if so is there a firmware update to address the issue? I don't know what the warranty period is on this radio, but it looks like I'm coming up on the 3 year mark of owning it. (honestly based on my experience with this radio I'm not sure I can continue to recommend it!). Maybe I just got a buggy one but its been problematic throughout its lifetime with me...
Buytwowayradio has always provided great support - I hope there is an easy fix to this issue so I don't have to replace the KG1000 in my main vehicle with my cheapie backup radio (which never has problems!)
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