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Expect to see those used prices drop drastically once the 75 reaches market...
I don't need another radio (I have both a D74 and ID-52 -- along with half a dozen other dual-band [or even 3.5 bands for the VX-8DR -- flea power 222MHz doesn't deserve a full band if Kenwood can manage full power in the D74]). However, it is nice to see that Kenwood is still in the arena -- the most recent HRO catalog showed NO Kenwood HTs, not even their old 2m-only standby.

The D74 does have access to the TNC through both bluetooth and usb, I would expect that to carry into the D75

Wait till the official announcement and details this week (could be today when the Hamvention opens) as Kenwood has shown up to Dayton this year. 
The keypad looks more robust than the D74 (I lost a key on mine). I also hope the battery life is better than the D74. Honestly, I probably won't see any need to get it though. I'm more interested to see if they have a mobile counterpart announced as well.

I owned TH-D72 some time ago. It had atrocious battery life with APRS on, like 3 hours or even less, while my FT-1XD happily runs all day (~10 hours) with APRS. I sold D72, and I often regret selling it. I also often do not regret selling it, especially after riding MTB in the hills all day and camping, while using FT-1XD. What I truly miss is an AX25 modem in D72, fully accessible from PC. If D75 has a modem accessible from PC, I would seriously consider it. Yaesu radios do not allow modem to be used by external devices.

Yeah, I have the Icom ID-52a and I absolutely love it. I also quite enjoy D-Star and run it with a hotspot and it works great. This new Kenwood has some features that the Icom doesn't which has me so interested in it. As much as I love my ID52 I would very much be happy with going over to the D75a if it really does have all these features, the only thing that would hold me back is if they are asking some outrageous price. I won't pay more than want I did for my icom and that thing was as high as I would go for a HT. 

Count me in the same boat....so much cool stuff that was discontinued by the time I got my ticket, so my interest is piqued. I'm always tempted to try something new, and the icom id52 had me curious, but this has some positives over the icom, even if it rings in at around the same price. Wanting actual APRS was pushing me to yaesu, though interface wise I prefer my icom, and have still been tempted to jump to the id5100. (Sorry, rambling)

Gigaparts has the FT5DR for $330 right now. 

You’re right; the Yaesu doesn’t transmit on 220. Maybe it does if I do the MARS/CAP mod, but there’s nobody around here to talk to on 220 anyway. 
Neither are there any D*Star repeaters around here. 
I agree that it looks great and I sure wouldn’t turn one down. 

It is my understanding it is a tri-band HT. Not sure if the FT5dr is, and also does Dstar, but again that depends if you like Dstar over YSF, which personally I do yet that's a subjective issue and with the hotspots out today you can basically do most digital anyway for the most part. I think it looks great and am very interested to learn more about its capabilities. Hopefully, they will showcase at hamvention so we can learn some more about it.

I would be interested in one but I don’t know what it does better than my Yaesu FT-5DR which I got for $360. 

From an FCC standpoint that is true.  BUT ... there ARE states where listening to a scanner while mobile is not legal ... unless you have a ham radio license.

You do not need an FCC license to LISTEN to any radio frequency.

Based on the fact that you've told us that you have two GMRS HT and one dual-band HT, and that you aren't planning to transmit much (if at all) and if so it will be on GMRS, my advice would be:  get another scanner.
You mentioned rail.  Is that the only thing you want to listen to?  If so, then a Uniden BC125AT will be cheaper than any of those other HTs you list and work much better as a scanner than any of them.
If you are interested in public safety, then depending on where you live a scanner may be your only option.  None of those HTs will pick up P25 (for starters).

In my experience with my MARS/CAP modded FT-70, it does transmit on GMRS, but with reduced power. So you could set up groups, etc, but as far as GMRS functionality, it's lacking and not even legal. My UV-5R can also scan and has actually better performance on GMRS, but again it's not legal, and you can't set up groups of channels. Functionality on both ham and GMRS is a matter of how much you want to bend the rules. My Yaesu HTs are generally more sensitive and better for scanning rail frequencies but not really good for GMRS. So to me you may need multiple radios to reach your goal. That's just me though.

Thanks for joining! If you do end up getting a mobile rig, feel free to give me a shout sometime when you pass through Eagle River. I'm usually monitoring the Eagle River 575 repeater and channel 20.

If anyone is thinking their radio is acting up... it's not. This is the worst storm I have ever seen.  All bands are in terrible shape and I have never seen an S9+ noise floor.  
 

I turned my radio off a week ago and it will probably stay off, except for when I need comms when off-roading.

"Spurious RF emissions"

I did trim my tram 1486 according to the chart and getting 1.2 to 1.3 across the band for SWR.

Jerry rigged my antenna until the mast gets here and hit the Pickens repeater with now problem. Had a nice conversation and had good reception reports. We tried the Ceaser's Head repeater I could hear them but they could not hear me, to be expected since the antenna is blocked by the house to the north, Great sound good people and I think I will like this! Thanks for all the advice, it seems to have worked.

How can I unlock my Baofeng GM15 Pro for broadcast on all channels?

https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2022/11/25/us-bans-chinese-telecom-devices-citing-national-security

Just in case there might be a shred of truth about my baofengs, I built  faraday box to keep them muffled.......
 

I've wondered myself if some two-way radio companies from overseas have placed a possible sabotage chip in said radios (including military radios) that would "brick" the radio either after receiving a series of predetermined tones or data. That way, if an offending country with that knowledge wanted to declare war with us, they could shutdown all of the compromised radios to cripple communications. 
Maybe I'm just paranoid, lol.

Nothing surprises me anymore. I guess it's possible.