News from Kenwood

Press Release: Kanagawa, Japan, May 7, 2010 — Kenwood Corporation, an operating company of the JVC Kenwood Group, is proud to announce the autumn/winter launch of two new Amateur Radio transceivers: the TS-590S and TH-D72. HF/50MHz All-Mode Transceiver – TS-590S (tentative naming) Featuring a 32-bit floating-point DSP, the TS-590S will offer advanced receiver performance and…

ICOM "IC-7800" Firmware updates v2.2.1

Major points of the Ver.2.21 update. Improved DSP filter shape selection function to work correctly when changing the operation mode. Please save the transceiver’s data contents to a CF card before starting the firmware update. Never cut off power to the transceiver while updating the firmware. Please read through Section 16 (UPDATING THE FIRMWARE) in…

New Daimond "HFV8040" Dipole Antenna

Length:Approx. 10.2m / Turing-radius:Approx. 3.6m Weight:Approx. 7.0kg Frequency:3.500-3.805 MHz / 7.00-7.20 MHz Max. power rating:300W SSB, 100W (FM/CW) Impedance:50? SWR:Less than 1.5 (at resonate frequency) Connector:M-J Wind surface area:0.35? / Rated wind velocity:35m/sec. Type:Dual band V dipole antenna / Mast diameter Accepted:?30-?62 Source