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OPTIONAL CABLE TO MANAGE MEMORIES AND CONTROL OTHER FUNCTIONS.  THIS
WINDOWS SOFTWARE IS FREE AND CAN BE DOWNLOADED FROM KENWOODS WEBSITER2 YOU
NEED TO BE ABLE TO DOWNLOAD AND EXTRACT COMPRESSED FILES IN ORDER TO SET UP
THE SOFTWARE, AND WINDOWS XP USERS MUST HAVE THE APPROPRIATE VERSIN OF
MICROSOFT.NET FRAMEWORK INSTALLED.  ALTHOUGH THE SOFTWARE IS FREE, YOU NEED
TO BUY THE APPROPRIATE CABLE TO CONNECT THE TH K20A TO YOUR PC.
UNFORTUNATELY, I COULDNT TRY THE OPTIONAL PG 4Y PROGRAMMING CABLE AND MCP
5A SOFTWARE BECAUSE MY COMPUTER DOES NOT HAVE THE REQUIRED SERIAL PORT.
KENWOODS MCP 5A INFORMATION SHEET MENTIONS A KPG 22U USB PROGRAMMING CABLE,
BUT WE DIDNT FIND THAT MODEL LISTED IN AMATEUR RADIO DEALER CATALOGS.
AFTERMARKET USB CABLES AND PROGRAMMING SOFTWARE ARE AVAILABLE FROM RT
SYSTEMS WWW.  RTSYSTEMSINC. COM.  ARRL TEST ENGINEER BOB ALLISON, WB1GCM,
DOES HAVE A COMPUTER WITH SERIAL PORT AND OFFERED TO TEST THE TH K20A WITH
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