Will this spell the end of Kenwood amateur equipment?
With the dwindling population of hams and competition for fewer buyers heating up could Kenwood be one of the first to throw in the towel?
1 posted on
05/12/2008 3:47:12 PM PDT by
steveo
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2 posted on
05/12/2008 3:48:29 PM PDT by
steveo
(Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.)
To: steveo
Japanese electronics makers JVC (6792.T: Quote, Profile, Research) and Kenwood Corp (6765.T: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Monday they would merge under a holding company on October 1 to fight fierce price competition and growing costs of product development. Ping to read later
3 posted on
05/12/2008 3:54:06 PM PDT by
Alex Murphy
("Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?" -- Galatians 4:16)
To: steveo
I have the Kenwood tmg707a. Its a great radio.
It would be terrible if they stopped making ham equipment.
To: steveo
5 posted on
05/12/2008 3:58:05 PM PDT by
Revolting cat!
(You're gonna cry 96 Tears on my Pillow!)
To: steveo
ICOM and Kenwood share a lot of R&D and are doing some great things for ultra-narrowband commercial comms (6.25k digital) - different from ICOM’s D-STAR. Also Kenwood and Zetron merged for public safety projects. Kenwood did not have a good console, and Zetron has a great console lineup.
6 posted on
05/12/2008 4:42:35 PM PDT by
SERKIT
("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.....)
To: steveo
I was thinking along the same lines.
Lets hope not.
7 posted on
05/12/2008 5:51:41 PM PDT by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: steveo
I’ve been wondering about Kenwood for a while. The TS-2000 is getting long in the tooth. Actually, their whole line is.
I personally think that Icom now offers the best HF rigs (would love a 746 Pro).
8 posted on
05/12/2008 8:25:21 PM PDT by
JoJo Gunn
(Help control the McCainiac population. Have them spayed or neutered.)
To: steveo
I really liked the features and function of the only piece of Kenwood Ham gear I ever owned. Unfortunately it lived a very short life for the 500 bones it cost me. On the other hand I had a Kwood car stereo that ran cranked for 100,000 miles in a convertible I once owned and it still worked fine when I sold the car.
I have some very old Icom and Yaesu stuff that still works like new. A neighbor still uses an IC-25A I bought back in 1982. I have a working 37A from 1984 and a 3AT from somewhere around the same time. The 2AT bought in 1983 would probably still be in use if it hadn't been stolen several years ago. FT747GX portable HF rig bought in 1988 also still working. That and a couple slightly newer Crap Shack HTs are what I keep in the box of stuff I take when I head for the hills (which is about the only time I operate anymore).
9 posted on
05/15/2008 9:08:50 PM PDT by
Clinging Bitterly
(Oregon - a pro-militia and firearms state that looks just like Afghanistan .)
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