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N7LRG

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Kenwood TS-440S manufacture year?
« on: July 02, 2022, 09:58:02 AM »

Hey all. Can anyone provide a link I can search as to what year this rig was built? S/N 10300403. Thanks in advance.
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W1LV

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Re: Kenwood TS-440S manufacture year?
« Reply #1 on: July 02, 2022, 12:11:47 PM »

You might call Jahnke Electronics, who specializes in repairing the TS-440s. Phone: 920-819-6756. "Email contact is preferred and both general and technical questions will be answered within 24 to at most 48 hours. Email: info@jahnkeelectronics.com" https://jahnkeelectronics.com/

I would call one of the support centers and ask them:
https://www.kenwood.com/usa/Support/National_Service_Centers/

Do not click on this link which you may find, it has a virus in it: https://kibugisire.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/0/134018652/muwoxoxemelifolemori.pdf

73,
Steve W1LV

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N7LRG

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Re: Kenwood TS-440S manufacture year?
« Reply #2 on: July 02, 2022, 04:08:10 PM »

Thanks!
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K4WH

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Re: Kenwood TS-440S manufacture year?
« Reply #4 on: July 02, 2022, 08:35:31 PM »


According to this web site its first year was 1994.  I owned one and it had to be maybe a bit before the because I was off the air from july 94 till fall of 96.  I was not all that impressed with the radio, but it was no better or no worse than the other two companies in the big three  family.

https://k9xn.org/2013/01/08/kenwood-ts-440sat-hf-transciever/#:~:text=I%20decided%20to%20make%20a%20post%20about%20this,the%20production%20run%20for%20Kenwood%20at%20the%20time.
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N7LRG

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Re: Kenwood TS-440S manufacture year?
« Reply #5 on: July 03, 2022, 07:40:39 AM »

Thanks all, looks like mine was built in March of 1999.
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N8YX

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Re: Kenwood TS-440S manufacture year?
« Reply #6 on: July 03, 2022, 12:39:51 PM »

According to this web site its first year was 1994. 
That's off by a bit.

My late friend Henry (KA8RZT) had one back in the late 80s. I also have an issue of Popular Communications from 1987 that has a review of the rig along with some mods.
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KD6VXI

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Re: Kenwood TS-440S manufacture year?
« Reply #7 on: July 12, 2022, 08:04:32 AM »

The Kenwood TS440 started out in the 80s.  1986 was the year of introduction in the US.

The TS450 replaced it in 1991.  Which means it was nowhere near built in 1999.

The TS440 was my dream rig when I was in school.  I'd go to the library and drool over 73, CQ and QST ads for the radio.  Finally found one in the late 90s and snapped it up.  Was sold as broken (so cheap).  Found the crappy SO239 had come loose, so the guy had pulled the piece of wire out of the PC board to the SO239.  Easy fix, still have the radio, although extensively modified for AM use now.


--Shane
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