Both ICOM and Kenwood have issued statements concerning the affect of the earthquake on their factories. It appears Icom’s facilities at Osaka and Wakayama are in the south of the country and Kenwood’s primary office facilities in Yokohama and Hachioji are to the south and west of the quake’s epicentre. Kenwood’s primary manufacturing facility is…
This is a review based on real-life operation of the TS-590S from Kenwood. If you are looking for dynamic range measurements, please have a look at Rob Sherwood’s receiver test data. Note that the dynamic range at 2 kHz spacing is irrelevant for SSB since the transmitter IM is always stronger than that; it…
The new Kenwood TS-590 that created a buzz at Dayton this year is finally being released WW in October 2010. Kenwood in Japan has released the final specifications. It looks like it’s going to be a superb receiver but the pricing looks to be well over 2K USD. Kenwood’s Japan site lists it at 228,900.00…
New 144/430MHz Dual Band FM Portable – TH-D72 (Read info here) Photo by N8OIF © 2010 Dayton HAMVention , Ohio, USA
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…