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 R&D 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/ > _______________________________________________ > Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the > author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite > program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb Myles Landstein myles.landst...@gmail.com please note my new email address dti will soon be eliminated , gmail is my new home update your dir _______________________________________________ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
