Cable connection
The programming cable has a USB connector at one end and an RJ45 plug at the other. Plugging into the rig involves removing a protective rubber bung from the rig port and pushing the connector in. The other USB plug end is simply inserted into a spare USB socket on the PC. On Windows 7 it is recognised as a COM port with a Silicon Labs driver. On mine as seen below it is COM4. Note this can change if you subsequently plug the lead into another USB socket.
KG-UV950 2.5K software
First you connect setup the software to talk to the COM port. This is simply done by clicking Memories>Port and checking the port you have installed. Have a look in device manager in Windows if you are not sure.The first tab shows the main memory group
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| Main Memory Group Tab |
You can copy and paste the entries into line or manually type in each cell a little like a spreadsheet.
You are then supposed to be able to program the rig by clicking the Write icon. However I found an idiosyncracy here in the way this works. The rig takes absolutely no notice of the software despite communication taking place. What you actually have to do is prime the rig with a number of arbitrary channels using this process:
Doing this you can quickly work your way through priming a number of channels. Then when you click the Write button from the software it DOES correctly program what you have entered.
The headings of each column are fairly self explanatory but you do have the option of the Help button which will explain in more detail what to put in where. I ended up programming the old S 2m frequencies on a 25Khz spacing from memory 008 to memory 023. Then the channels were labelled with the CH-NAME column. S8 to S23 were entered. Then the rig was programmed with this initial set by clicking the Write button,
There are several ways of recalling the memories, rotating the encoder, entering the channel number by hand, selecting up/down from the DTMF microphone to name but a few,
If you want to do it from the rig first press number 6 (VFO/MR) to toggle between a VFO or memory. Note this is a 4 way toggle VFO Frequency>Memory Number>Memory Frequency> Memory Name. When in either of the memory settings you can either rotate the encoder up or down to change channel, same on the up down keys on the microphone or the very flexible key entry system.
For me to select S20 quickly I press the 2 (MHz) button (yes I know it's weird but you get used to it) and then click 0 2 0 and the rig changes to S20.
You are then supposed to be able to program the rig by clicking the Write icon. However I found an idiosyncracy here in the way this works. The rig takes absolutely no notice of the software despite communication taking place. What you actually have to do is prime the rig with a number of arbitrary channels using this process:
- From the rig itself click 4 (MEMCH) and then the LCD panel flashes
- type in the channel number you wish to be programmed, say 0 0 3 from the push buttons and then press MENU. The channel is primed. DOn;t worry about frequency, mode, shift or anything at the point as it doesn't matter
- For the next one click 4 (MEMCH) and when the LCD flashes rotate the encoder knob and then press MENU and so on for the next channels.
Doing this you can quickly work your way through priming a number of channels. Then when you click the Write button from the software it DOES correctly program what you have entered.
The headings of each column are fairly self explanatory but you do have the option of the Help button which will explain in more detail what to put in where. I ended up programming the old S 2m frequencies on a 25Khz spacing from memory 008 to memory 023. Then the channels were labelled with the CH-NAME column. S8 to S23 were entered. Then the rig was programmed with this initial set by clicking the Write button,
Recalling the programmed memories
There are several ways of recalling the memories, rotating the encoder, entering the channel number by hand, selecting up/down from the DTMF microphone to name but a few,
If you want to do it from the rig first press number 6 (VFO/MR) to toggle between a VFO or memory. Note this is a 4 way toggle VFO Frequency>Memory Number>Memory Frequency> Memory Name. When in either of the memory settings you can either rotate the encoder up or down to change channel, same on the up down keys on the microphone or the very flexible key entry system.
For me to select S20 quickly I press the 2 (MHz) button (yes I know it's weird but you get used to it) and then click 0 2 0 and the rig changes to S20.
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