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AC7CW

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Re: Kenwood still in the ham business?
« Reply #30 on: November 19, 2021, 04:53:13 AM »


Thanks for clarifying!
--Sampling in the first IF; FTdx-101D. Yaesu calls it direct sampling but that is marketing talk. If direct sampling means state of the art then they have direct sampling in abundance....
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I don't think Yaesu call that direct sampling - read the brochure more carefully. The current generation of Yaesus is described as "hybrid SDR" with a direct sampling receiver for the panadaptor. Because they sit the main SDR behind a roofing filter a few kHz wide, there is not enough bandwidth there for a full panadaptor, so they add a second low performance direct sampling receiver in parallel...

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W3WN

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Re: Kenwood still in the ham business?
« Reply #31 on: November 20, 2021, 09:05:39 AM »

Kind of surprised this is even a question.   Well no not really.   Let's see there's been a factory fire at a major chip making plant, government restrictions over a virus and now a supply chain break on damn near everything.   

It's a legitimate question. How many new transceivers have they released in the last decade?

More than you.

Now, that is an immature comment.

Seems the Kenwood FanBoys get emotional.

The only Kenwood I have is an HT that I very seldomly use, no emotion there.

Who are you?
Who is on First.
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Re: Kenwood still in the ham business?
« Reply #32 on: November 20, 2021, 10:14:55 AM »

Kind of surprised this is even a question.   Well no not really.   Let's see there's been a factory fire at a major chip making plant, government restrictions over a virus and now a supply chain break on damn near everything.   

It's a legitimate question. How many new transceivers have they released in the last decade?

More than you.

Now, that is an immature comment.

Seems the Kenwood FanBoys get emotional.

The only Kenwood I have is an HT that I very seldomly use, no emotion there.

Who are you?
Who is on First.

Not exactly.
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KA4DPO

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Re: Kenwood still in the ham business?
« Reply #33 on: November 20, 2021, 11:40:09 AM »

Kind of surprised this is even a question.   Well no not really.   Let's see there's been a factory fire at a major chip making plant, government restrictions over a virus and now a supply chain break on damn near everything.   

It's a legitimate question. How many new transceivers have they released in the last decade?

More than you.

Now, that is an immature comment.

Seems the Kenwood FanBoys get emotional.

The only Kenwood I have is an HT that I very seldomly use, no emotion there.

Who are you?
Who is on First.

I know people who know people who have relatives in Japan, some of whom, work for JVC Kenwood.  They told me some stuff,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Not sure how much I should say here.

There is information here.  https://kenwoodcommunications.co.uk/comm/news-stories/jvckenwood-ham-radio/

Now take your premature funeral committee somewhere else. ;D ;D :P
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AC7CW

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Re: Kenwood still in the ham business?
« Reply #34 on: November 20, 2021, 05:00:05 PM »

Most business sectors come down to a Big Three situation. It's hard to get to the top but it's easy to stay there.
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Re: Kenwood still in the ham business?
« Reply #35 on: November 21, 2021, 01:13:22 AM »

It seems to me that it's just already difficult to come up with something new in analog radio and not make it worse than it was. Technology and reliability have long since reached their maximum level. Any radio works fine for 30 years. Any radio is enough for an ordinary radio amateur. No wonder they focus on the lifespan of their models. Probably cooler only ICOM with its IC-718, which is still in production.
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KA3TJI

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Re: Kenwood still in the ham business?
« Reply #36 on: January 08, 2022, 03:58:23 AM »

All I know is that it's a sad day in the amateur community if they are biting the dust. They discontinued the TM-V71a, which in my opinion SUCKS! I'm so glad I now have 4 of them. The V71a is my favorite dual band radio. Built like a tank and virtually indestructible. Both my motorcycles have their own V71a on them. Hopefully the rumors of Kenwood abandoning the ham community are wrong.
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N8AUC

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Re: Kenwood still in the ham business?
« Reply #37 on: January 08, 2022, 11:04:32 AM »

Kind of surprised this is even a question.   Well no not really.   Let's see there's been a factory fire at a major chip making plant, government restrictions over a virus and now a supply chain break on damn near everything.   

It's a legitimate question. How many new transceivers have they released in the last decade?

More than you.

Now, that is an immature comment.

Seems the Kenwood FanBoys get emotional.

The only Kenwood I have is an HT that I very seldomly use, no emotion there.

Who are you?
Who is on First.

I don't know.....THIRD BASE!
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K1FBI

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Re: Kenwood still in the ham business?
« Reply #38 on: January 09, 2022, 07:19:08 PM »

My TR-7950 still works great and it's coming up on 4 decades.
Boy, Kenwood made some good stuff back then!
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SWMAN

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Re: Kenwood still in the ham business?
« Reply #39 on: January 10, 2022, 04:43:24 AM »

 Who is not on first, they are the back up band.
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K1FBI

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Re: Kenwood still in the ham business?
« Reply #40 on: January 10, 2022, 05:03:54 AM »

Who is not on first, they are the back up band.

Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again.

P.S. Tommy was the Catcher
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SWMAN

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Re: Kenwood still in the ham business?
« Reply #41 on: January 10, 2022, 06:25:28 AM »

 I always though that Tommy was the Pinball Wizard.
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K1FBI

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Re: Kenwood still in the ham business?
« Reply #42 on: January 10, 2022, 06:54:20 AM »

I always though that Tommy was the Pinball Wizard.

No; meet the real pinball wizards:
https://www.ifpapinball.com/menu/wpc/
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SWMAN

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Re: Kenwood still in the ham business?
« Reply #43 on: January 10, 2022, 08:03:55 AM »

Nice, but I guess Tommy didn’t make it this time. 😩
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K1FBI

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Re: Kenwood still in the ham business?
« Reply #44 on: January 10, 2022, 08:07:57 AM »

Good one!
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