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Kenwood TK 8360 question

 

Hi all, I have several Kenwood TK8302 mobile radios That need to be realigned every couple of megahertz to work in the 440 ham band which is kind of annoying. Going to use those radios for links on my repeater system. My real question here today is I'm looking at a Kenwood TK8360 UHF radio that says it covers 450 to 520. Is this radio going to cover the 440-2470 amateur band entirely without having to realign the VCO all the time? I have that TK8180 which covers the entire UHF amateur radio band with no problem at all, just looking for another radio that would do the same thing. Looking for commercial radios.
Chad Nelson WI9HF/WRPL979
Janesville Wisconsin
608-754-8671
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Hi Chad, I have an 8360 that I use as a UHF base station radio in my shack. The CPS complains when I program "unsupported" frequencies, but so far I haven't had issue as long as I stay as high as possible. I haven't needed or tried to program in something like 432 mhz for example.
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The other issue I ran into with my 8360 is the wideband receive filter can go bad, making the radio deaf. Something to watch out for if you suddenly stop receiving audio.
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Good luck with your project!
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Gordon K8DIY
 

In my years of programming Kenwood radios from 450 down to 440, usually the only thing that requires tweaking is the VCOs. They'll take the frequencies. I ran a TK7180 and 8180 mobile and they worked fine on both VHF and UHF ham
Chris WB5ITT


On Tue, Mar 18, 2025, 9:36 AM Gordon via <gordonthree=[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Chad, I have an 8360 that I use as a UHF base station radio in my shack. The CPS complains when I program "unsupported" frequencies, but so far I haven't had issue as long as I stay as high as possible. I haven't needed or tried to program in something like 432 mhz for example.
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The other issue I ran into with my 8360 is the wideband receive filter can go bad, making the radio deaf. Something to watch out for if you suddenly stop receiving audio.
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Good luck with your project!
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Gordon K8DIY
 

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Hi have a 8180 and the audio doesn’t sound as good as the 8302. That is my main complaint I suppose.

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Chris Boone WB5ITT via groups.io
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2025 9:43 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [repeater-builder] Kenwood TK 8360 question

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In my years of programming Kenwood radios from 450 down to 440, usually the only thing that requires tweaking is the VCOs. They'll take the frequencies. I ran a TK7180 and 8180 mobile and they worked fine on both VHF and UHF ham
Chris WB5ITT

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On Tue, Mar 18, 2025, 9:36 AM Gordon via <gordonthree=[email protected]> wrote:

Hi Chad, I have an 8360 that I use as a UHF base station radio in my shack. The CPS complains when I program "unsupported" frequencies, but so far I haven't had issue as long as I stay as high as possible. I haven't needed or tried to program in something like 432 mhz for example.

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The other issue I ran into with my 8360 is the wideband receive filter can go bad, making the radio deaf. Something to watch out for if you suddenly stop receiving audio.

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Good luck with your project!

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Gordon K8DIY
 

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Thanks

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Gordon via groups.io
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2025 9:36 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [repeater-builder] Kenwood TK 8360 question

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Hi Chad, I have an 8360 that I use as a UHF base station radio in my shack. The CPS complains when I program "unsupported" frequencies, but so far I haven't had issue as long as I stay as high as possible. I haven't needed or tried to program in something like 432 mhz for example.

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The other issue I ran into with my 8360 is the wideband receive filter can go bad, making the radio deaf. Something to watch out for if you suddenly stop receiving audio.

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Good luck with your project!

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Gordon K8DIY

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