You won't see that when 75% of the dmr radios on the ham bands are gd77, md380, and other under $200  radios if not more. Kenwood won't make something that can compete price wise so won't be doing that. I don't understand why people pay what they do for dstar as it is.

On May 18, 2018 11:54:10 PM EDT, Jim Gammon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>ok, now let's hear about a new Kenwood handheld that has the same 
>great speech output as the 7400a but also has DMR! Jim WA6EKS
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>From: Butch Bussen <[log in to unmask]
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Date sent: Fri, 18 May 2018 20:49:51 -0700
>Subject: Re: New Kenwood TS-890S Revealed at Dayton
>
>Is it 160 through six?  I have been hoping they'd replace the 
>2000.  One
>thing I really like about my 990 is it has lots of buttons and 
>knobs.  I
>don't have to go into a menu to change microphone gain, carrier,
>transmit monitor and so forth.  I also like having two receivers.  
>I
>also wonder how much power it runs and if ilt has internal power 
>supply.
>  The 990 runs 50 volts or so on finals and 200 watts out.
>73
>Butch
>WA0VJR
>Node 3148
>Wallace, ks.
>
>
>On Fri, 18 May
>2018, Steve wrote:
>
> BlankI haven't been able to find much in the way of specs except 
>that it has
> several roofing filters in it.
> It has a 7-inch color TFT display.
> No idea of accessibility, or pricing yet, but I'd expect that it 
>would be
> decent, except for the band-scope functions.
>
> It isn't part 15 accepted so it could be awhile before it 
>becomes available.
>
> More specifications and info will be posted here as it becomes 
>available!
>
> Full Down Conversion RX
>
>  a..  H-mode Mixer
>  b..  High C/N 1st LO
> Built-in Roofing Filters
>  a..  500Hz / 2.7kHz / 6kHz / 15kHz (270Hz Optional)
> 7 Inch Color TFT Display
>  a..  Roofing Frequency Sampling Band Scope
>  b..  Auto Scroll Mode
>  c..  Multi Information System
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQx9ocxft-E
>
>
> Steve, K8SP
> Lansing

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