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| Reviews Summary for Kenwood TMV71A |
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Reviews: 53
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Average rating: 4.4/5
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MSRP: $399.00
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Description: The advanced Kenwood TM-V71A dual bander provides
sophisticated, high-powered performance on 2 meters and 440
MHz. Power levels are 5/10/50 watts on both bands. The large
radio display clearly conveys the status of the radio and
can be set to green or amber.
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Product is in production.
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More info: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Kenwood_TMV-71A
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KF5NRU
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Rating: 5/5
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Feb 8, 2012 14:39
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A very good radio!!!!!
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Time owned: 3 to 6 months
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The only thing I can even think to say bad about this rig is that I have to work with it and I am really good at programming anything. But we do get alot of calls asking how to program these rigs. That being said me as a tech in the store, have no problem at all learning or programming the.
I like the cross band repeat. I like the fact that it is same power UHF and VHF. Also the scan is supper fast and I like that because I program every possible frequency into me radio to see what is going on in the town.
Also I will say I am a farm boy and I have this radio in my truck and I have to go off read alot and it has held up without flaw to bounceing around off road and even on my road wich is somtimes worse than off the road.
All in all i give this radio a 5 star rating..
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KF5GDA
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Rating: 4/5
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Aug 13, 2011 23:35
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Happy, but a heads up too!
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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Installed in my daily driven truck. Quality piece, 50w on 70cm and 2m, cross band repeats with ID, remote mount head let me put main body under seat. Only complaint is: After over a year I still have to dig out manual for rarely used functions. Not intuitive. MY HEADS UP: Power cables come out back of radio, run 2 feet and have a connector to connect to the rest of the power cable run. The metal "tabs" in the female connector SLOWLY got lose on me over the last year causing a gradual drop in available current. Display would dim during transmit at 50w, then after a few more months radio would shut off when trying to transmit at 50w. Finally found the problem to be that connector, just had to bend the female tabs tighter with a screwdriver and it fixed the problem. I hope this info helps someone some day as it drove me nuts running this down. I forgot that connector was even there!
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WP4WR
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Rating: 4/5
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Jul 16, 2011 05:49
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love the remote control
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Time owned: 3 to 6 months
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I have purchase this radio 2 month ago, for my home shack ..no problems with the radio
I love the wireless remote control function, it's the first condition for I bougth it.
it function with any radio that have DTMF buttons, at 25 miles from my home
I can control the LOW, MEDIUM, HIGH settings of the radio including memories channells
and VFO input frecuencies from that distances
Soon I am going to make a Youtube video " Kenwood TMV71a wireless remote Control"
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PU1-MLL
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Rating: 5/5
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Jul 4, 2011 03:52
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Excellent performer
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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Great transceiver. All I have to say is: TMV71A is the better dual bander I´ve ever had. A little bit different to program but you can learn. Go ahead, it worth.
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N7TDC
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Rating: 5/5
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May 25, 2011 05:20
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Outstanding Performer
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I've purchased five of these rigs and each one is an outstanding performer. I initially purchased three of them, one for QTH, vehicle and go-kit. Then I sold two thinking to upgrade to the TM-D710A. Well, after selling them I realized I liked the TM-V71A so much that I bought two more to replaces ones I'd sold. My V71As have performed flawlessly for nearly three years in a variety of conditions, locations and uses. I highly recommend this rig to anyone, whether they are new or old to amateur radio. The V71A is very easy to program and operate. Two thumbs up! Thanks to my Elmer (W7WIN) for rig recommendation and to Kenwood for a rig that's well made, reliable, very able to do what's needed and much more. 73...
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WC3O
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Rating: 5/5
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May 23, 2011 20:10
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Great
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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Bought the TM-V71A about 2 months ago for our club. It was purchased to replace an ICOM that was having intermod issues. The new Kenwood is quiet as a church mouse, no intermod at all. Got it hooked up to a signal link and works perfectly in digital modes. If I have any complaints with it, I wish it had the bigger display like the older TM-V708 so that you can have both alpha tagging and frequency display at the same time. This is no big deal, just something I would prefer. Great audio RX/TX. Love the radio.
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KB4OIF
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Rating: 5/5
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May 23, 2011 16:52
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Outstanding radio
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I now own 2 of them. One in the Truck and one in the house as the base. What can I say that all the other folks have not said. Nothing is left to say. It's a great radio with GOBS of features some of which I still have not discoverd. It's typical of the Kenwood brand. I own a 480HX and a TS 440S. You will not be disappointed if you get one of these.
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W8STU
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Rating: 5/5
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Mar 15, 2011 09:24
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GREAT MOBILE/BASE RIG
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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Greetings,
I purchased mine approx., two years ago. I still am finding new things to do with it. I am currently getting ready to hook up a Signalink USB to it with the FLDIGI program for digital use. I love the fact it is very easy to program. I did not buy the programing cable for it yet. I did not need it at first, but recently found out you can do more things to the radio then without the program. So I am going to invest the $34.99 to buy one. The program is free from the Kenwood website. I like the fact it has 50 watts on both bands and I use the crossband repeat feature every day. I would highly recommend this radio to new and old hams. It is a great radio for the money. Thanks in advance. 73, Stu W8STU
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KK9H
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Rating: 5/5
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Feb 14, 2011 05:34
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Excellent performer
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Time owned: 6 to 12 months
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I bought this dual band radio to replace an aging Kenwood rig. Being very familiar with the operation of Kenwood VHF/UHF rigs is one of the reasons that I had this one high on my list. Since purchase, I have been very pleased with its performance. It has been used in the field for various volunteer events, including the Chicago Marathon in downtown Chicago surrounded by other ham rigs and numerous police, fire and ambulance company radios. I experienced no bleedover or intermod issues in that environment, eventhough I expected them. It was very helpful to be able to monitor two important nets at the same time, my logistical net and the citywide medical net. The receiver is very sensitive and the selectivity seems quite good. The transmitted audio is typical Kenwood high quality. With my voice I had to drop back the mic gain a bit, but it is a simple menu item change. The ability to monitor VHF/VHF and UHF/UHF as well as VHF/UHF is extremely valuable when using it for volunteer events. There was plenty of receive audio for the noisy environment and I really like the large hand mike that comes with this rig. My experience has been very positive and I do recommend this radio.
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W3RX
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Rating: 1/5
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Feb 13, 2011 13:52
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unstable, poor design
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Time owned: 6 to 12 months
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I have not had a good experience with this rig. After 3 months it died. I sent it to Kenwood, after 6 weeks it shows back up. It worked for less than 1 hour, and died again. It was a CPU-type of failure, it would just not come on except for a quick flash of a blank screen. Back again to Kenwood, and another wait. All along I was talking to the manager at HRO in Virginia, and after the second failure I was pleading for an exchange, since I felt it was a lemon, but he would not do it. It failed again today, and it is very close, if not past, the warranty period. So, one could say that my opinion is biased because of poor service, but I suspect that the design is unstable, so it gets a poor review from me. When it worked, I also noted a moderate amount of desensitization on some crossband repeat pairs, and it really cannot tolerate cross-band that well from a duty cycle point of view. I would stay away from this rig.
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