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From: parnass@ihuxf.UUCP (Bob Parnass, AJ9S)
Newsgroups: net.ham-radio
Subject: new Kenwood VHF/UHF ham gear to be announced
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Date: Sat, 7-Jul-84 17:39:43 EDT
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Posted: Sat Jul  7 17:39:43 1984
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	New Kenwood Amateur VHF/UHF Gear to be Announced

  Kenwood will soon announce a series of  new  VHF/UHF	radios
  for the amateur.  Among these	will be	the TR-2600, a 2 meter
  walkie-talkie	with continuous	receive	coverage of 140	-  160
  MHz,	allowing  monitoring of	some military, public service,
  and business frequencies.  This radio	resembles the  TR-2500
  physically,  but  has	 a  more colorful front	panel.	Tradi-
  tional programmable CTCSS will be optional.

  The TR-2500 will contain  a  new  Kenwood  designed  digital
  squelch  system.  From what little information I've seen, it
  looks	like one's call	letters, among other information, will
  be  sent  in	ASCII  during each transmission.  An optional,
  outboard accessory 1 line LCD	display	will permit display of
  these	call letters.  This appears to be a new	form of	selec-
  tive calling scheme for amateurs.

  Other	new Kenwood offerings will include:

     o+ A new 2 and 3/4 meter combination FM transceiver, smal-
       ler than	the present TW-4000

     o+ a new low cost series of	2 and 3/4 meter	walkie talkies
       with  thumbwheel	 switches (a la	the ICOM 2AT and Yaesu
       FT203R),	with much hype about robot manufacturing tech-
       nology and chip components

     o+ a multi-mode 2 meter transceiver	that  looks  like  the
       TS400.

  Watch	QST and	other publications for details and pictures.

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