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field notes from working on Utah D-STAR.

A lab bench with a Windows 7 HP ProBook on the left burning a CD image, an oscilloscope and second monitor center, and two stacked Icom ID-RP2C controllers on the right with the top one open and a custom serial cable running into it. A second monitor at the bottom shows the OK1UHU article on the password procedure.

We hacked our way back into KF6RAL

June 17, 2026 · bench at the U of U
Author · Mike Weaver (KG7JZZ)

The KF6RAL controller had been sitting in a lab for over a year, locked behind a forgotten admin password. Here is how we got back in with a serial port, an old Windows 7 laptop, and a command ICOM won't tell you about.