Extreme Posted May 17, 2021 Report Posted May 17, 2021 Anyone with experience/testimonial/opinion on the Kenwood TK-890? I know the features, i.e. remote mounting, and like what I see, just looking for real-world experience. 40w might be nice for the remote places I go but have had good luck with range using 25 - 30w mobile units using repeaters from 50+ miles LOS. Dunno how much an additional 10 - 15w will add to the experience. Quote
kidphc Posted May 17, 2021 Report Posted May 17, 2021 Anyone with experience/testimonial/opinion on the Kenwood TK-890? I know the features, i.e. remote mounting, and like what I see, just looking for real-world experience. 40w might be nice for the remote places I go but have had good luck with range using 25 - 30w mobile units using repeaters from 50+ miles LOS. Dunno how much an additional 10 - 15w will add to the experience.Could be the difference fromnjust making onto a repeater to full quieting. Comparing a 30w radio to 60w radio is doubling the power worth about 1db. Hard to say if you will notice. Probably for 90% of the operation no. It's that 10% where you are almost at the noise floor and they can make you out and hear you.Sent from my SM-G975U using Tapatalk Quote
Extreme Posted May 17, 2021 Author Report Posted May 17, 2021 More features on the 890 than I need but good used UHF Kenwoods are getting scarce on all my sources (880, 8180).2 channel units are out there but no good to me. Thanks. Quote
axorlov Posted May 18, 2021 Report Posted May 18, 2021 Can't say anything about 890, but also noticed the scarcity of 880 and 8180 on ebay. Looks like police and fire across US all moved to P25 and the bug dump of old analog radios dried off. kidphc 1 Quote
n4gix Posted May 18, 2021 Report Posted May 18, 2021 Maybe time for me to list my 880 and 840 then... Extreme 1 Quote
gortex2 Posted May 19, 2021 Report Posted May 19, 2021 I have run a 890 (actually 690, 790 and 890) in my old truck when I was in NY for SAR work. They were great radios. All of mine were remote head. Rock solid. I probably would still use them but we switched to MDC identifiers for SAR and didn't want to cobble encoders in them. At one point my 690/890 was dual deck single head. Extreme 1 Quote
Extreme Posted May 19, 2021 Author Report Posted May 19, 2021 (edited) This sound right for the 890? Edit: yup that's it. Looked it up and found both online. KPG-44D Cable KPG-43 $45.00 Edited May 19, 2021 by Extreme answer my own question Quote
robertsflyn Posted November 22, 2021 Report Posted November 22, 2021 Has anyone put together a repeater out of TK-890’s? I have several but can’t seem to find information on building one. Quote
Lscott Posted November 22, 2021 Report Posted November 22, 2021 Have a look at this site. Has a lot of info on building repeaters. http://www.repeater-builder.com/rbtip/ Quote
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