Kenwood TH-D72A/E Main
firmware v1.02
Kenwood · Released Feb 28, 2011 · First seen Sep 6, 2026
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v1.02 is not the latest firmware for the Kenwood TH-D72A/E Main: the current version is v1.10 (August 26, 2020). Go to v1.10
In short — summary by updatemystuff.com
Dual/Single band mode switching now works with APRS Lock and fixes display and packet transmission issues.
- Band mode switching works with APRS Lock active
- Data band settings preserved during band changes
- Fixed display and transmission issues
Written from Kenwood's release notes, which are printed in full below.
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What's in this update
The following features are updayted.
- When the operating band is the same as the data band, enables switching between Dual band mode and Single band mode even if the APRS Lock function is activated.
- When the operation band is changed in Single band mode, enables backup of the data band status parameters such as "APRS mode, PACKET mode, Off".
The following symptoms are revised.
- Extra characters might be displayed after the pasted-in user phrases.
- When the operation band is changed in Single band mode, enables backup of the data band status parameters such as "APRS mode, PACKET mode, Off".
- When "dd°mm’ss.s"is selected for the position unit, the figures of "ss" displayed might be different from the actual position data.
- In the Waypoint data sentences from the COM port, unnecessary character codes might be output following the callsign data.
- When the operating band is not the data band, the TX packet's RF power level meter might not indicate correctly.
- When the Weather Alert function is activated in non-data band, APRS packet transmission in data band might be blocked.(TH-D72A only)
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