[ICOM] New Kenwood D-Star looks Icomish

[Paul Gates, KD3JF]

I see where Kenwood has sent some refurbished radios to a
dealer in Ohio.

Paul Gates, KD3JF
--- Adam Farson <farson at shaw.ca> wrote:

> Hi Ed,
> 
> No, each company will retain its corporate identity. Part
> of the
> joint-venture agreement is that the respective companies
> will each bring out
> products under their own name. (Of course, the
> recently-announced
> Kenwood-JVC merger may lead to changes in the Kenwood
> brand.)
> 
> Kenwood and Icom own blocks of one another's shares. The
> JV mainly covers
> new LMR technologies. Don't expect a "killer" Kenwood HF
> transceiver any
> time soon.
> 
> http://www.icom.co.jp/world/info/pdf/info060517.pdf
> 
> Cheers for now, 73,
> Adam VA7OJ/AB4OJ
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
> Behalf Of Ed Yeary
> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 11:50
> To: ICOM Reflector
> Subject: Re: [ICOM] New Kenwood D-Star looks Icomish
> 
> OK so I guess the new collaboration will be I-wood or
> Kencomm. Maybe even
> Woodcomm.  Geez !
> Ed
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <n6lrv at cox.net>
> To: "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 1:15 PM
> Subject: Re: [ICOM] New Kenwood D-Star looks Icomish
> 
> 
> > Kenwood and Icom entired into agreement last year to
> colaborate on several
> 
> > projects. Oversees sources indicate the new TMW706
> D-Star transceiver from
> 
> > Kenwood is actually a repackage Icom ID-800 with a few
> minor changes also.
> 
> > Kenwood and Icom have also recently introduced another
> as yet unnamed 
> > digital audio protocol in their commercial LMR lines
> and Icom is already 
> > offering commercial radios using this new protocol.
> > Gary
> > ---- Ed Yeary <w4tey at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> >> Take a look at this.
> http://www.rigpix.com/kenwood/tmw706s.htm Is that 
> >> not
> >> an Icom enclosure? I know it's marketed for the out of
> U.S. market but 
> >> what
> >> the heck? Is there any way to contact the webmaster at
> Rig Pix? As one of
> 
> >> my
> >> former charges used to say at the group home where I
> was employed "I'm
> >> fused" !
> >> Ed  W4TEY
> >>
> >>
> 
> 
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