At 04:17 AM 1/16/2009, Paul Dumdie wrote: >Now that Kenwood has the TKR851 how do these play on the Ham-band. I >want to use one on the SNP pair of 441.500 / 446.500 this channel is like the >464.500 and 464.550 pairs for portable, emergency, / temporary use. <---There is essentially no difference between the 851 and the 850. The 851 used to be the "European" version but Kenwood changed the nomenclature. Except for one change in how the TX power levels are programmed, the 850 and 851 is the same radio/repeater.
Both will work just fine down to the high 430's. Save yourself some money and get an 850 :-) Ken ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ President and CTO - Arcom Communications Makers of repeater controllers and accessories. http://www.arcomcontrollers.com/ Authorized Dealers for Kenwood and Telewave and we offer complete repeater packages! AH6LE/R - IRLP Node 3000 http://www.irlp.net "We don't just make 'em. We use 'em!"
