excelent job Howard, long time no chat man.  I am currently studying to get
my general license.  Also, how do you upgrade the THF6A from Kenwood?
does that have the capability fo upgrade its firmware through software?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2005 11:04 PM
Subject: ts480 upgrade


>        I did the upgrade today.  A Big thanks to Myles at AES here in
> Milwaukee.  He is the head repair guy there.
> I called him to ask where the slide switch was that you have to move to
> upgrade the radio through the data port.
> He didn't know, but with in an hour and a half on a busy Saturday, he
> called me back.
> It's under the cover, 2&1/8 inches in from the right side of the radio,
> and
> 3&1/8 inches in from the front.  It's just behind a sort of L shaped
> shielding.  the switch is flat, with a small plastic handle.  You can move
> it with a finger nail.
> The switch is back for normal and pushed forward to allow you to write to
> the firm ware.
> It is a bit scarey, because the radio won't work until you finish the
> upgrade, which verbally tells you when it is done.
> After that, you have to do a full re-set on the radio.
> I couldn't figure how to download my settings from the radio to the pc,
> but
> since that only takes about 20 minutes to re-write, didn't really care.
> The rx agc seems to be better, with a better signal to noise ratio.
> The audio is certainly up to the level of the full carrier now.
>
> Now how is that for service.  Full faith that I could do it, and the
> information given in a way that is useful to me.