Hi
If you want to see it near the end of the video
http://picasaweb.google.co.jp/ja7ude/KenwoodBoothAtTokyoHamFair2009#5372938884729290930
If i had to guess, it's prob the least amount of effort to make it
ROHS compliant, and maybe tweak a few things that wouldn't run
up the $$
drawing heavy on the D7 vs a redesign
Looks nice very similar to it's successor
On Oct 21, 2009, at 2:14 PM, Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) wrote:
Clint,
Personally, I would be surprised if Kenwood dedicated a lot of
engineering talent to a new, true full-duplex amateur handheld. The
profit for them is not in the amateur world - but in the land
mobile /
commercial arenas.
I hope I am wrong, though!
At Dayton 5 months ago, Kenwood had posters in their booth
announcing a new HT and HF transceiver for the summer of
2010. Of course, there were no details released at that time
for either radio.
If Kenwood is simply updating the design of the old TH-D7 to
be this new HT, that might be their way to minimize RD costs.
If they are able to replace the component(s) no longer in
production with others, they may not make many other updates
in the interests of saving money. The radio was still popular until
it was discontinued, and remains popular on the used market now.
I picked one up at a hamfest 3 months ago, and still need to make
time to play around with it.
When the TM-D710 and TM-V71 mobile radios were released,
Kenwood only developed one radio box for both of these models.
They share the same FCC ID number, and the RC-D710 adds the
TNC functionality to the TM-V71 (the RC-D710 does not attach to
the TM-V71, unfortunately). Kenwood may be trying to stay in the
amateur market, without spending lots of money to do so. It will
be interesting to see what this new HT looks like, whenever it sees
the light of day (or when someone puts photos of it online).
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
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