Kenwood TH-D75: Is it worth the Price??

[chrissmart]

As a ham who is blind, yes, it is definitely worth the price, considering the over 750 voice guidance prompts that are part of the user interface. Compare that to yaesu (no speech) and Icom (minimal speech), not to mention the flagship models from those two manufacturers contain touchscreens. Thank you Kenwood for including us.

[acestudioscouk-Ace-GACE]

Thanks for a very comprehensive review, it's a lot of money but it's a lot of radio! I'll keep my D74 for now and see if I need the new features.

[stargazer]

18:12 where's the link in the description to the out-of-band mod?

[AlanC.-nete]

Nice job explaining the radio..best I've seen..sold me..

[inray]

In my humble opinion and with 45 years of experience as a radio amateur, no super expensive HT is worth the money when most of its life will be spent locked up in a drawer.

[jeffkardosjr.]

But how does it do in a simplex range test?

It would be neat to have a pair of these go against comparable Yaesus to show if the Kenwood's DStar or the Yaesu's C4FM is more robust.
Or for that matter a pair of DMR radios.

[toast]

IMHO, the only things this radio is missing are the ability to transmit on SSB and low power Bluetooth. When living through a disaster, listening can be just as important as transmit. The general receive ability of this radio challenges many of my SWL radios. It's portability to feature ratio is unparalleled. Didn't fully appreciate the need for this need until the disaster in WNC hit.

[DonzLockz]

It's worth it if you have the disposable cash.... I dont but i still would like one. :)

[ManuelPinner]

what's the price yes it's actually a tri-band and not a door banner, also, you can access the TNC through Bluetooth or USB,

[ootube]

I have a D74, do you believe there are enough new features to make it worth the purchase?

[WNWA]

Worth it and I have the other major ones to compare it to.

[markr.]

I love mine, the people who talk sh-- about it are just sore because they are poor and can't afford one. And if you have one be prepared for people showing bitter envy to you. I sure have got people envious!! It's the best handheld rig I've ever owned by extremely far. The only tough learning curve is for the DSTAR and APRS which are highly complex to use. But other than that it's easier to use than any Yaesu I've ever had and the same for Icom. I had mine programmed with just over 100 ham memories the first night I had it in all three ham bands it has. Plus over 80 civilian aircraft frequencies which is great for a pilot like me. Also does he entire military air band from 225 to 380 mHz and I have 50 or so memories for that band. Very intuitive for regular analog usage and ever day use. Also has blistering scan speeds, which is cool. It has a built in ferrite bar antenna for broadcast MW which can also be deselected for another antenna if desired. The built in GPS receiver is just fantastic. You can have your Baofengs and other cheapies.

A load of great features but rugged is not one of the features. A light rain shower can damage your radio and Kenwood will void your warranty. $750 and not even rain resistant. Buyers be warned

[alternatived]

Kenwood radios are overpriced and overrated as far as I am concerned.

[JamesWilliam]

Screen too small with large bezel taking up real estate, battery not great and no band scope/waterfall.... Nah, overpriced...