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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hello<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I recently purchased a Kenwood THD74A with the intent of running it as a satgate and also do some connected packet as well.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I saw it only had KISS, yeah ok.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I saw it could do kiss on USB or Bluetooth.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I tried to get the most popular and basic program ui-view to talk to the HT , no joy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Neither on windows 10 via blue tooth or USB did I get a connection.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I then worked out that you can output received packets via the USB, ok and it is also mixed in with radio messages about the squelch.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>So I had APRS RX only packets mixed in with Radio command messages.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sort of what I wanted.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I tried KISS with UI-VIEW UI-VIEW just hangs<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>So I have now sold my nice shiny new THD74A because Kenwood missed the mark with a simple usable TNC with a command prompt.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I have had aTHD72 and that had a workable TNC<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>What has kenwood done ?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>It works great stand alone but falls down when you try and connect it to a PC<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Andrew <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>