[Kenwood] Discussion With Kenwood Rep Regarding Future HF Rigs

[John Geiger]

Great!  So all our Kenwood rigs are techinically
obselete.

73s John NE0P

--- Steve Rutledge <gatorman71 at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> I had the chance to talk with the Kenwood rep at a
> hamfest over the 
> weekend.  I asked about the possibility of a newer,
> bigger, HF rig.  He 
> said that Kenwood has suspended R&D in the amateur
> arena for at least 
> two years.
> 
> He went on to say that Kenwood is number two in the
> land mobile market 
> behind Motorola so they are focusing their resources
> where the money is. 
>   This, of course, makes perfect sense for any
> business.
> 
> I asked him why they discontinued the TS-870S and he
> said it was too 
> expensive when introduced.  Further, the chipset
> used in the radio has 
> been discontinued by the manufacturer.  I think it
> was TI.  He did say 
> that failures of the chipset are extremely rare but
> that Kenwood has a 
> huge supply of them as parts so TS-870S owners
> shouldn't worry about that.
> 
> 
> 
> 
>
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