I am aware and have some that tune to the 420-470 band. And those radios are the TK-8180K2 radios. The other radios i am talking about are the TK-880K radios. You will need to modify the VCO if you want them to perform below 440mhz. I would prefer to use the Kenwood but the time it takes to modify and ge them to work there are a pain & i know them very well. The other hand you can get a small Motorola SM-50 and use the hacked software and they play very nice down to 430mhz and have for sometime. Nock on wood i have yet to replaced one in my link system and the audio and everything you want is on the 16pin connector. PTT,COR,TOR,GROUND,Muted & Unmuted Audio, Mic,13.8v etc.
Mike -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Jim B." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mike Mullarkey wrote: > They will work but the Motorola SM-50 radio works much better and you don't > have to modify the VCO. What Kenwood radios do you need to modify the VCO on to get them to work on the ham bands? Every Kenwood commercial rig I've played with since the 705/805 series has gone right into the adjacent ham band with virtually no effort. I know the current vintage mobiles and hand-helds are actually spec'd to cover either 2M or 420-450 with no mods at all! -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL
