Personal Radios

[Bumpkin]

When you do add the battery eliminator ensure that you run it off the same power source as your intercom. A chap who knows a bit more about electrics than I recommended that I do this as I had no Ground Loop Isolator for the radio (Autocom don't do one). With the battery powered radio it isn't an issue though as only the intercom is bike powered.

Programming by hand is possible, I did mine that way as I was getting impatient waiting for the lead to arrive from Honkers. You just need to decipher the Chinglish handbook.

 

[Peirre O`Bollox]

I`ve managed to input and store the basic channel frequencies in manually, its any other settings that may I require for each channel that I`m unsure of, although I do have the programming cable, but initial attempts to use it are unsuccessful.
I also have the kenwood cable for the Starcom, the plan is to install 1 set with BO antenna onto my bike, and the 2nd radio (with std antenna) will be rigged to a spare starcom unit to go into the tank bag of my mates bike

 

[gerarddwatts]

or you could just chatter via bluetooth using a pair of Sena SMH10's, you would also be able to listen to music, use your phone(if you must)
and blether with your pillion. A mate and I just did that in the Hebrides....about a halfmile range-line of sight-perfectly adequate for your needs and far simpler.

 

[Peirre O`Bollox]

or you could just chatter via bluetooth using a pair of Sena SMH10's, you would also be able to listen to music, use your phone(if you must)
and blether with your pillion. A mate and I just did that in the Hebrides....about a halfmile range-line of sight-perfectly adequate for your needs and far simpler.

But as I already have a couple of 2nd hand starcoms, a couple of new Puxing radios and ancillaries to hand, purchasing a pair of Sena`s would be additional cost that I don`t require.
The aforementioned kit I already have I suspect is cheaper than the sena`s

 

[Bumpkin]

I`ve managed to input and store the basic channel frequencies in manually, its any other settings that may I require for each channel that I`m unsure of, although I do have the programming cable, but initial attempts to use it are unsuccessful.

Have you done just plain PMR channel frequencies or have you aped the Kenwood std 16 channel PMR set-up. This is useful in so much as the Kenwood PMR frequencies/CTCSS tones are pretty well the de-facto standard, anyone using a Kenwood probably has the default settings and will be unable to change them. The net result of this is that if just have the plain PMR frequencies set and you ever ride with someone with a Kenwood radio you will be able to hear them, but not them you.

With the Puxings you have 128 channel slots to play with so I set-up the first 16 as Kenwood channels and the next eight as open PMR. The channel name is displayed which makes selection a breeze.

I imagine that you're having problems making the software see the plugged in programming lead and radio, obviously needs to be connected and turned on. I do recall having issues myself but persistence paid off. You can set all that manually but it's a pain, especially if you have more than one radio. If you get the thing connected I can send you the config file for the above that you then just need to open in the Puxing software and import.

I also have the kenwood cable for the Starcom, the plan is to install 1 set with BO antenna onto my bike, and the 2nd radio (with std antenna) will be rigged to a spare starcom unit to go into the tank bag of my mates bike

As said previously, ensure that the radio is upright. This might mean having the antenna poking out of the zip of the tank-bag.

 

[Peirre O`Bollox]

Have you done just plain PMR channel frequencies or have you aped the Kenwood std 16 channel PMR set-up. This is useful in so much as the Kenwood PMR frequencies/CTCSS tones are pretty well the de-facto standard, anyone using a Kenwood probably has the default settings and will be unable to change them. The net result of this is that if just have the plain PMR frequencies set and you ever ride with someone with a Kenwood radio you will be able to hear them, but not them you.

ATM I`ve only done the plain PMR frequencies, its the setting for CTCSS etc that I need

I imagine that you're having problems making the software see the plugged in programming lead and radio, obviously needs to be connected and turned on. I do recall having issues myself but persistence paid off. You can set all that manually but it's a pain, especially if you have more than one radio.

The computer is not recognising the cable etc, & I`m slowly finding out that manually inputting the info is long winded

I can send you the config file for the above that you then just need to open in the Puxing software and import.

That Sir would be great please send it to my username, using the spelling in the quote above hat hot mail dot com

 

[Bumpkin]

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