You may have seen it live at this point but if not KM4ACK has a recording on YouTube of a Kenwood rep talking about the D750A at Hamvention. Per that video, estimate is Q4 2025 for "mass production".
It's looking fantastic and is confirmed to have a 6pin data port, internal KISS TNC, and easy APRS functions. The TNC is accessible over USB-C and Bluetooth, and more might be available through that connectivity too. It has WiFi support and supposedly can monitor DSTAR repeaters with internet only.
It's going to have 220 but it sounds like it's going to come with asterisks as usual. Crossband repeat doesn't support 220 and they didn't commit to 50w out on 220. If they hit all those things, it's an instant buy for me tariffs or not.
By the way, forgot to reply on the previous article, but I'm happy to contribute to ZR and you can use the blog post for whatever you want under the CC-By-SA license the whole blog is under!
You may have seen it live at this point but if not KM4ACK has a recording on YouTube of a Kenwood rep talking about the D750A at Hamvention. Per that video, estimate is Q4 2025 for "mass production".
It's looking fantastic and is confirmed to have a 6pin data port, internal KISS TNC, and easy APRS functions. The TNC is accessible over USB-C and Bluetooth, and more might be available through that connectivity too. It has WiFi support and supposedly can monitor DSTAR repeaters with internet only.
It's going to have 220 but it sounds like it's going to come with asterisks as usual. Crossband repeat doesn't support 220 and they didn't commit to 50w out on 220. If they hit all those things, it's an instant buy for me tariffs or not.
By the way, forgot to reply on the previous article, but I'm happy to contribute to ZR and you can use the blog post for whatever you want under the CC-By-SA license the whole blog is under!
Enjoy Hamvention!