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<TD class=press-title align=middle>Kenwood announces 144/430 (440) MHz FM
Dual bander TM-V71 Series, <BR>compatible with EchoLink<SUP>®</SUP> radio
VoIP system, <BR>enabling communications with all amateur radio operators
around the world</TD></TR>
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<TD>Kenwood Corporation (President and CEO: Haruo Kawahara, Head Office:
Hachioji, Tokyo) will start marketing sequentially from the end of May
(June) a new FM mobile transceiver: the 144/430 (440) MHz FM Dual bander
TM-V71 Series. The TM-V71 Series features enhanced basic functions, such
as 1,000 memory channels, vertical reversal of the front panel,
compatibility with 50W transmission output, and support for
EchoLink<SUP>*1</SUP>, which boasts an large number of users of
VoIP<SUP>*2</SUP> amateur radio systems worldwide.</TD></TR>
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<TD align=middle width="25%" bgColor=#bdcedc>Model number</TD>
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<TD vAlign=center align=middle bgColor=#ffffff>144/440 MHz FM DUAL
BANDER<BR>(Americas Version)</TD>
<TD vAlign=center align=middle bgColor=#ffffff>TM-V71A<BR>(Americas
Version)</TD>
<TD vAlign=center align=middle bgColor=#ffffff>Please ask your
dealer</TD>
<TD vAlign=center align=middle bgColor=#ffffff>sequentially from the
end of May</TD></TR>
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<TD vAlign=center align=middle bgColor=#ffffff>144/430 MHz FM DUAL
BANDER<BR>(European Version)</TD>
<TD vAlign=center align=middle bgColor=#ffffff>TM-V71E<BR>(European
Version)</TD>
<TD vAlign=center align=middle bgColor=#ffffff>Please ask your
dealer</TD>
<TD vAlign=center align=middle bgColor=#ffffff>sequentially from the
end of May</TD></TR>
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<TD vAlign=center align=middle bgColor=#ffffff>144/430 MHz FM DUAL
BANDER<BR>(Asian Version)</TD>
<TD vAlign=center align=middle bgColor=#ffffff>TM-V71A<BR>(Asian
Version)</TD>
<TD vAlign=center align=middle bgColor=#ffffff>Please ask your
dealer</TD>
<TD vAlign=center align=middle bgColor=#ffffff>sequentially from the
end of June</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR>
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<TD><A href="javascript:popWindow1('20070423_pop01.html')"><IMG
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<TD class=press-title>Product planning overview</TD></TR>
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<TD>The global amateur radio equipment market is estimated to be worth 16
to 17 billion yen today. The FM mobile transceiver segment, in which the
dual band type once considered a luxury model has been gaining market
share every year due to intensified competition, accounted for about just
over 50% of the amateur radio equipment market in value on a global basis
and for almost 100% in both volume and value in Japan in FY2006.<BR>The
TM-V71 Series has achieved the highest performance and best operability
ever. For example, it features enhanced basic functions, such as 1,000
memory channels, vertical reversal of the front panel, compatibility with
50W transmission output. It also provides specialized functionality for
EchoLink, which is highly popular among users of the VoIP radio systems
that have gained widespread attention as an exciting new field of amateur
radio applications.<BR>EchoLink is VoIP radio system that allows amateur
radio operators around the world to communicate with each other by
relaying voice over radio equipment to the Internet, similar to the method
used for voice chatting over personal computers. Users can call specific
stations specified with DTMF codes from the radio station side, or can
control the program themselves. This system has been adopted by many users
worldwide since its development by K1RFD (Jonathan Taylor) of the U.S. in
May 2002.<BR>Equipped with specialized functionality for EchoLink, the
TM-V71 Series has made it possible to communicate with users around the
world via the Internet using an FM mobile transceiver, without requiring
complicated settings.<BR>Kenwood aims to further enhance its presence in
the field of ”wireless radio (= communication)” while providing new usage
scenarios and new enjoyment to users by merging state of the art
technologies with its know-how and technologies in the amateur radio
field.</TD></TR>
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<TD><SPAN class=mini>*1 </SPAN>EchoLink<SUP>®</SUP> is a
trademark of Synergenics, LLC of the U.S. You can visit its official
website at <A href="http://www.echolink.org/"
target=_blank>http://www.echolink.org/</A>.</TD></TR>
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<TD><SPAN class=mini>*2 </SPAN>VoIP stands for Voice over
Internet Protocol. It is a technology for transmitting voice in real
time over Internet Protocol networks.</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR>
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<TD class=press-title>Major features of TM-V71 Series</TD></TR>
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<TD vAlign=top>1. </TD>
<TD vAlign=top>HIGH RF POWER OUTPUT (50W)*</TD></TR>
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<TD vAlign=top>1,000 MULTIFUNCTION MEMORY CHANNELS</TD></TR>
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<TD vAlign=top>3.</TD>
<TD vAlign=top>DUAL RECEIVE ON SAME BAND (VxV, UxU)</TD></TR>
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<TD vAlign=top>4.</TD>
<TD vAlign=top>EchoLink<SUP>®</SUP> MEMORY (AUTOMATIC DIALER)</TD></TR>
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<TD vAlign=top>5.</TD>
<TD vAlign=top>EchoLink<SUP>®</SUP> Sysop MODE FOR NODE TERMINAL
OPERATION</TD></TR>
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<TD vAlign=top>6.</TD>
<TD vAlign=top>MULTIPLE SCAN</TD></TR>
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<TD vAlign=top>7.</TD>
<TD vAlign=top>INVERTIBLE FRONT PANEL</TD></TR>
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<TD vAlign=top>8.</TD>
<TD vAlign=top>CHOICE OF 2 BACKLIGHT COLORS (AMBER/GREEN) FOR THE
LCD PANEL</TD></TR>
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<TD vAlign=top>9.</TD>
<TD vAlign=top>104-CODE DIGITAL CODE SQUELCH</TD></TR>
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<TD vAlign=top>10.</TD>
<TD vAlign=top>”FIVE-IN-ONE” PROGRAMMABLE
MEMORY</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR>
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<TD>* <SPAN class=mini>Except TM-V71A (Asian
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