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I HAVE A ASTRO SABER 3 VHF 146-174. I HAVE TRIED TO READ THIS RADIO USING RSS VERSIONS. 6.5, 8.0, 8.5, AND ALSO ASTRO LAB. EVERYTHING BUT ASTRO LAB SAYS PROTOCOL ERROR UNABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH RADIO. THE ASTRO LAB WILL BRING UP THE PROGRESS CHART FOR READING THE CODEPLUG HOWEVER IS SAYS ITS READING 0 OUT OF 0 FOR APPROX 1 MINUTE AND THEN STATES IT COULD NOT COMMUNICATE WITH THE RADIO. THE RIB BOX IS GOOD, BATTERY BRAND NEW. I HAVE NOT YET BEEN ABLE TO DO ANYTHING WITH THIS RADIO EXFEPT USE IT AS A WHEEL CHALK. I WONDERING IF THE RADIO CODEPLUG HAS BEEN ERASED AND THATS WHY THERE IS NOTHIGN TO READ????. DOES THE RADIO HAVE A PROGRAM STATE LIKE KENWOODS??? WHAT VERSION IS PREFERRED FOR THIS TYPE OF SABER ?? ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED THANKS CHRIS

Is the radio operational at all? From what you are describing, I have seen this before when someone tries to blow an IMBE codeplug in a VSLEP radio using 3.04. The programming is in there, but the RSS doesn't know what to make of it. You can get around it by dumping a good archive back into the radio. There may be more reasons/solutions, but this is what I have personally seen.