Kenwood TK-8360H

[William8350]

On 12/4/2019 at 9:06 PM, mstephens said:

Hey all, new to the forum & GMRS.  I am looking to pickup a radio from ebay soon, and am considering one of the Kenwood TK-8360H units.  I understand they are rugged, and a quality build.  UHF (GMRS) 45w and relatively new.  Anyone out here have any experience using them?  I have read and heard of many people using older Kenwood TK-XXX units.

Curious to hear if there is any reason not to go with a newer hardware unit.

 

Thanks for any advice.

 

-Mark

WREQ867

Sylva, North Carolina

Was u able to find a program?

[nokones]

21 minutes ago, William8350 said:

Was u able to find a program?

The TK8360 is a 128 channel radio. Will 128 channels be sufficient for your needs?

The Kenwoods are good radios. I have a TK880 and it's been a good radio.

[William8350]

27 minutes ago, nokones said:

The TK8360 is a 128 channel radio. Will 128 channels be sufficient for your needs?

The Kenwoods are good radios. I have a TK880 and it's been a good radio.

I olny need 3 channels put in it

[rccooper4]

I have one of the 8360 radios and it was pretty easy to program, I got the programing cable and software from BlueMax49er's. They are good radios

https://bluemax49ers.com/product-explorer/kenwood-tk-8360-ftdi-programming-cable-kpg-46/

[Skunkworks]

Thanks for the good info here.  I have been dabbling with used Kenwood commercial radios a little bit and I'm really liking them.  I have one 8360 and another on the way.  The display isn't quite as good as the NX series or the old TK-890H, but it is more than adequate and much less expensive than some of the others.

 

So far, I have:

• TK-880
• TK-890H
• NX-800H
• TK-8360