[Kenwood] Kenwood Status

[Clif Holland]

SOS different year.

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Clif Holland

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On 3/15/2022 7:39 PM, manualman at juno.com wrote:
> No, they're not.
>
> The first rumors I can remember started around the late 80's right after
> they discontinued the TS-830S.
> Since then, they pop up every couple of years.
> Kenwood doesn't pop out several new products each year like Icom and
> Yaesu.
> They milk each product to the last drop.
> Obviously it perks the amateur radio intelligence when they don't see new
> products flowing out of Kenwood each year.
>
> For lots of fun and giggles about this ever enduring rumor, review the
> three  threads below. You can also go to QRZ.com and search for some of
> the earlier threads on the same subject.
> With these two links below being long, they will probably wrap to the
> second line. Copy and paste the entire string. If it doesn't work, it
> probably means after copying and pasting, there is a blank space between
> two characters. The entire string should have no blank spaces between any
> of the characters.
>
> https://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/kenwood-quitting-the-ham-busines
> s.766032/
>
> https://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/i-guess-kenwood-has-all-but-give
> n-up-no-show-at-hamcation.800471/
>
> https://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/what-is-kenwood-doing-these-days
> -regarding-new-products.783364/
>
> Pete, wa2cwa
> www.manualman.com
>
>
> On Tue, 15 Mar 2022 19:07:27 -0500 "Gary H. Harmon, Jr."
> <gharmon at idworld.net> writes:
>> One of my local buds called to see if I heard any rumors about
>> Kenwood going
>> out of business.
>> Any facts or just rumors??
>> Best 73,
>> Gary H. Harmon, Jr. - K5JWK
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