Kenwood quitting Ham Radio?
 

I heard a rumour on the air that Kenwood is quitting Ham Radio.
Can that be possible true? The TS-480 was truly excellent and
the TS-2000 really an innovation.

Would be a sad loss.

Deryck G0KOR

Kenwood quitting Ham Radio?
 

Steve wrote:
That would be a shame. Their rigs have always offered
good performance and value. Wouldn't suprise me if
they did leave the market though. To say its a limited
market is an understatement.

Steve W6SSP

"deryck lant" wrote in message
...
I heard a rumour on the air that Kenwood is quitting Ham Radio.
Can that be possible true? The TS-480 was truly excellent and
the TS-2000 really an innovation.

Would be a sad loss.

Deryck G0KOR


Well, ARRL is pushing ICOM, as Icom is "sponsoring" stuff for them. Looks like
old fashioned kickbacks to me, but it seems unfair to the competition.

Kenwood quitting Ham Radio?
 

"John L. Sielke" wrote in message
. ..
Steve wrote:
That would be a shame. Their rigs have always offered
good performance and value. Wouldn't suprise me if
they did leave the market though. To say its a limited
market is an understatement.

Steve W6SSP

"deryck lant" wrote in message
...
I heard a rumour on the air that Kenwood is quitting Ham Radio.
Can that be possible true? The TS-480 was truly excellent and
the TS-2000 really an innovation.

Would be a sad loss.

Deryck G0KOR


Well, ARRL is pushing ICOM, as Icom is "sponsoring" stuff for them. Looks
like old fashioned kickbacks to me, but it seems unfair to the
competition.

I owned an ICOM......once.

IMHO, Kenwood makes the best HF rigs, and Yaesu makes the best V/Uhf stuff.
but then I have only been licensed since 1984, so what do I know.

-n6ojn

Kenwood quitting Ham Radio?
 

On Sun, 13 Aug 2006 11:39:10 -0500, "Noon-Air"
wrote:

Well, ARRL is pushing ICOM, as Icom is "sponsoring" stuff for them. Looks
like old fashioned kickbacks to me, but it seems unfair to the
competition.

I owned an ICOM......once.

IMHO, Kenwood makes the best HF rigs, and Yaesu makes the best V/Uhf stuff.
but then I have only been licensed since 1984, so what do I know.

-n6ojn


I have always been an Icom person, but there are some things Kenwood
has that Icom doesn't have anything close to. In particular, the
TM-D700A, the TH-D7AG and the TH-F6A. I have all three.

I don't think Kenwood has anything close to the Icom-7800 for HF. Of
course for $15,000 one would expect a lot.

I have been licensed since 1951, so you're probably right. :-)

Dick - W6CCD

Kenwood quitting Ham Radio?
 

On Sun, 13 Aug 2006 11:07:20 -0700, Dick wrote:

On Sun, 13 Aug 2006 11:39:10 -0500, "Noon-Air"
wrote:

Well, ARRL is pushing ICOM, as Icom is "sponsoring" stuff for them. Looks
like old fashioned kickbacks to me, but it seems unfair to the
competition.

I owned an ICOM......once.

IMHO, Kenwood makes the best HF rigs, and Yaesu makes the best V/Uhf stuff.
but then I have only been licensed since 1984, so what do I know.

-n6ojn


I have always been an Icom person, but there are some things Kenwood
has that Icom doesn't have anything close to. In particular, the
TM-D700A, the TH-D7AG and the TH-F6A. I have all three.

I don't think Kenwood has anything close to the Icom-7800 for HF. Of
course for $15,000 one would expect a lot.

I have been licensed since 1951, so you're probably right. :-)

Dick - W6CCD

Ten Tec is coming out with a new HF/6 mtrs rig, so the market isn't
completely dead. It'll be called the Omni VII.

bob
k5qwg

Kenwood quitting Ham Radio?
 

Ten Tec is coming out with a new HF/6 mtrs rig, so the market isn't
completely dead. It'll be called the Omni VII.

bob
k5qwg

The big differance is that Kenwood produces other electronic items, but Ten
Tec's only produce ham related items as far as I know. TT has to keep doing
somethig to sell the rigs or go out of business all together.

Ten-Tec Products [Was: Kenwood quitting Ham Radio?]
 

In article et,
says...



Ten Tec is coming out with a new HF/6 mtrs rig, so the market isn't
completely dead. It'll be called the Omni VII.

bob
k5qwg

The big differance is that Kenwood produces other electronic items, but Ten
Tec's only produce ham related items as far as I know. TT has to keep doing
somethig to sell the rigs or go out of business all together.

Amateur radio equipment is a small part of Ten-Tec's
business. Their radio equipment line also includes
commercial and military applications. In addition.
they sell a lot of enclosures, as well as tool and
die equipment.

73,
Bob
K3PH

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| Kresgeville, PA 18333 | http://www.dxis.org |
+----------------------------------------------+

Kenwood quitting Ham Radio?
 

Actually, Kenwood is coming out with new 'D-Star' gear in the very near
future.


"deryck lant" wrote in message
...
I heard a rumour on the air that Kenwood is quitting Ham Radio.
Can that be possible true? The TS-480 was truly excellent and
the TS-2000 really an innovation.

Would be a sad loss.

Deryck G0KOR

Kenwood quitting Ham Radio?
 

The message
from "A.E. 352" contains these words:

Actually, Kenwood is coming out with new 'D-Star' gear in the very near
future.


"deryck lant" wrote in message
...
I heard a rumour on the air that Kenwood is quitting Ham Radio.
Can that be possible true? The TS-480 was truly excellent and
the TS-2000 really an innovation.

Would be a sad loss.

Thats fantastic news! Please tell us more about D-Star gear.

Deryck G0KOR

Kenwood quitting Ham Radio?
 

Thats fantastic news! Please tell us more about D-Star gear.

Deryck G0KOR



Do a Google Search on Kenwood D-Star. I found several pictures...

here's one:

http://jh3ykv.rgr.jp/mt/Picture/IMG_0359.JPG


Ed K7AAT

Kenwood quitting Ham Radio?
 

The message . 196
from Ed contains these words:



Thats fantastic news! Please tell us more about D-Star gear.

Deryck G0KOR



Do a Google Search on Kenwood D-Star. I found several pictures...

here's one:

http://jh3ykv.rgr.jp/mt/Picture/IMG_0359.JPG


Thanks Ed. I should have been clearer - what new product is expected from
Kenwood?

Deryck G0KOR

Kenwood quitting Ham Radio?
 

On 14 Aug 2006 17:06:32 GMT, Ed
wrote:



Thats fantastic news! Please tell us more about D-Star gear.

Deryck G0KOR



Do a Google Search on Kenwood D-Star. I found several pictures...

here's one:

http://jh3ykv.rgr.jp/mt/Picture/IMG_0359.JPG


Ed K7AAT

I thought this was very interesting. Kenwood and Icom getting in bed
with each other.

http://www.kenwood.net/indexKenwood....Detail&PRID=61

Dick - W6CCD

Kenwood quitting Ham Radio?
 

I think that Kenwood is going away of the amateur-market.
The production of the TS950 and the 790 is ended a long time ago and is
replaced with the TS2000 ... says enough for me i think.....

--
Met vriendelijke groeten,

Hans Pluijgers

callsign : PA3HGT
http://www.pa3hgt.nl




The message
. 196
from Ed contains
these words:



Thats fantastic news! Please tell us more about
D-Star gear.

Deryck G0KOR



Do a Google Search on Kenwood D-Star. I found
several pictures...

here's one:

http://jh3ykv.rgr.jp/mt/Picture/IMG_0359.JPG


Thanks Ed. I should have been clearer - what new product
is expected from Kenwood?

Deryck G0KOR

Kenwood quitting Ham Radio?
 

http://jh3ykv.rgr.jp/mt/Picture/IMG_0359.JPG


Thanks Ed. I should have been clearer - what new product is expected
from Kenwood?

Deryck G0KOR


Other than the D-Star radio? I don't know. Since all three major
Japanese vendors have recent models already on the market, I'd wouldn't be
surprised to not see something else about to marketed just yet.


Ed

Ten-Tec Products [Was: Kenwood quitting Ham Radio?]
 

The big differance is that Kenwood produces other electronic items, but
Ten
Tec's only produce ham related items as far as I know. TT has to keep
doing
somethig to sell the rigs or go out of business all together.

Amateur radio equipment is a small part of Ten-Tec's
business. Their radio equipment line also includes
commercial and military applications. In addition.
they sell a lot of enclosures, as well as tool and
die equipment.

73,
Bob
K3PH

Thanks for the info Bob. I had not looked to see what TT has produced in a
while. From what I saw I still doubt that TT could make much of a go if
they quit the ham business.

de KU4PT

Kenwood quitting Ham Radio?
 

On Sun, 13 Aug 2006 08:25:25 -0400, helmsman
wrote:

On Sun, 13 Aug 2006 11:24:15 +0100, deryck lant
wrote:

I heard a rumour on the air that Kenwood is quitting Ham Radio.
Can that be possible true? The TS-480 was truly excellent and
the TS-2000 really an innovation.

Would be a sad loss.

Deryck G0KOR

I still use a TS-450-sat and love it. I also sent them an e-mail. We
shall see.
KG8PM

This pertains to the RUMOR that has been circulating for the last 7
years about Kenwood getting out of the amateur radio business.


Kenwood is fully committed to amateur radio and we have no plans at
this
time of closing our amateur division. Kenwood continues to design and
manufacture amateur radio for our customers. Though the market has
some
what slowed down a little, we continue to put 100% of our time, effort
and engineering skills in our amateur division and we look forward to
the continued support of these products.


Some how there's been a rumor circulating in the amateur world of
Kenwood getting out of the business. For your information, this is NOT
true at all, please pass it along to anyone who has made mention of
such rumor or comment.

Kenwood quitting Ham Radio?
 

helmsman ) writes:
On Sun, 13 Aug 2006 08:25:25 -0400, helmsman
wrote:

On Sun, 13 Aug 2006 11:24:15 +0100, deryck lant
wrote:

I heard a rumour on the air that Kenwood is quitting Ham Radio.
Can that be possible true? The TS-480 was truly excellent and
the TS-2000 really an innovation.

Would be a sad loss.

Deryck G0KOR

I still use a TS-450-sat and love it. I also sent them an e-mail. We
shall see.
KG8PM

This pertains to the RUMOR that has been circulating for the last 7
years about Kenwood getting out of the amateur radio business.


Kenwood is fully committed to amateur radio and we have no plans at
this
time of closing our amateur division. Kenwood continues to design and
manufacture amateur radio for our customers. Though the market has
some
what slowed down a little, we continue to put 100% of our time, effort
and engineering skills in our amateur division and we look forward to
the continued support of these products.


Some how there's been a rumor circulating in the amateur world of
Kenwood getting out of the business. For your information, this is NOT
true at all, please pass it along to anyone who has made mention of
such rumor or comment.



Of course the original post was "I heard there was a rumor" which means
just about anything (or nothing at all).

But, given that people are buying into it, it makes sense to counter
with more authority.

It's not clear whether you are posting as Kenwood (in which case
it would make a lot of sense to indicate that), or relaying something
you got by email or on their website (in which case you really ought
to indicate where it came from).

Michael VE2BVW

Kenwood quitting Ham Radio?
 

It's called "Whistling past the graveyard."

"Michael Black" wrote in message
...
helmsman ) writes:
On Sun, 13 Aug 2006 08:25:25 -0400, helmsman
wrote:

On Sun, 13 Aug 2006 11:24:15 +0100, deryck lant
wrote:

I heard a rumour on the air that Kenwood is quitting Ham Radio.
Can that be possible true? The TS-480 was truly excellent and
the TS-2000 really an innovation.

Would be a sad loss.

Deryck G0KOR

I still use a TS-450-sat and love it. I also sent them an e-mail. We
shall see.
KG8PM

This pertains to the RUMOR that has been circulating for the last 7
years about Kenwood getting out of the amateur radio business.


Kenwood is fully committed to amateur radio and we have no plans at
this
time of closing our amateur division. Kenwood continues to design and
manufacture amateur radio for our customers. Though the market has
some
what slowed down a little, we continue to put 100% of our time, effort
and engineering skills in our amateur division and we look forward to
the continued support of these products.


Some how there's been a rumor circulating in the amateur world of
Kenwood getting out of the business. For your information, this is NOT
true at all, please pass it along to anyone who has made mention of
such rumor or comment.



Of course the original post was "I heard there was a rumor" which means
just about anything (or nothing at all).

But, given that people are buying into it, it makes sense to counter
with more authority.

It's not clear whether you are posting as Kenwood (in which case
it would make a lot of sense to indicate that), or relaying something
you got by email or on their website (in which case you really ought
to indicate where it came from).

Michael VE2BVW

Kenwood quitting Ham Radio?
 

The message
from helmsman contains these words:

On Sun, 13 Aug 2006 08:25:25 -0400, helmsman
wrote:

On Sun, 13 Aug 2006 11:24:15 +0100, deryck lant
wrote:

I heard a rumour on the air that Kenwood is quitting Ham Radio.
Can that be possible true? The TS-480 was truly excellent and
the TS-2000 really an innovation.

Would be a sad loss.

Deryck G0KOR

I still use a TS-450-sat and love it. I also sent them an e-mail. We
shall see.
KG8PM

This pertains to the RUMOR that has been circulating for the last 7
years about Kenwood getting out of the amateur radio business.


Kenwood is fully committed to amateur radio and we have no plans at
this
time of closing our amateur division. Kenwood continues to design and
manufacture amateur radio for our customers. Though the market has
some
what slowed down a little, we continue to put 100% of our time, effort
and engineering skills in our amateur division and we look forward to
the continued support of these products.


Some how there's been a rumor circulating in the amateur world of
Kenwood getting out of the business. For your information, this is NOT
true at all, please pass it along to anyone who has made mention of
such rumor or comment.

Thanks. This is excellent news as Kenwood make quality radio products.

Deryck G0KOR

Kenwood quitting Ham Radio?
 

On 15 Aug 2006 23:22:56 GMT, (Michael Black)
wrote:

helmsman ) writes:
On Sun, 13 Aug 2006 08:25:25 -0400, helmsman
wrote:

On Sun, 13 Aug 2006 11:24:15 +0100, deryck lant
wrote:

I heard a rumour on the air that Kenwood is quitting Ham Radio.
Can that be possible true? The TS-480 was truly excellent and
the TS-2000 really an innovation.

Would be a sad loss.

Deryck G0KOR

I still use a TS-450-sat and love it. I also sent them an e-mail. We
shall see.
KG8PM

This pertains to the RUMOR that has been circulating for the last 7
years about Kenwood getting out of the amateur radio business.


Kenwood is fully committed to amateur radio and we have no plans at
this
time of closing our amateur division. Kenwood continues to design and
manufacture amateur radio for our customers. Though the market has
some
what slowed down a little, we continue to put 100% of our time, effort
and engineering skills in our amateur division and we look forward to
the continued support of these products.


Some how there's been a rumor circulating in the amateur world of
Kenwood getting out of the business. For your information, this is NOT
true at all, please pass it along to anyone who has made mention of
such rumor or comment.



Of course the original post was "I heard there was a rumor" which means
just about anything (or nothing at all).

But, given that people are buying into it, it makes sense to counter
with more authority.

It's not clear whether you are posting as Kenwood (in which case
it would make a lot of sense to indicate that), or relaying something
you got by email or on their website (in which case you really ought
to indicate where it came from).

Michael VE2BVW

Kenwood answered an e-mail I sent them.
KG8PM

Kenwood quitting Ham Radio?
 

Been hearing this for years

deryck lant wrote:

I heard a rumour on the air that Kenwood is quitting Ham Radio.
Can that be possible true? The TS-480 was truly excellent and
the TS-2000 really an innovation.

Would be a sad loss.

Deryck G0KOR

Kenwood quitting Ham Radio?
 

deryck lant wrote:

I heard a rumour on the air that Kenwood is quitting Ham Radio.
Can that be possible true? The TS-480 was truly excellent and
the TS-2000 really an innovation.

Would be a sad loss.

Deryck G0KOR


Maybe MFJ (mighty fine junk) will buy Kenwood also?? :'(