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KENWOOD has produced high quality consumer electronics, test equipment and communication equipment since 1946. Today Kenwood products are distributed in over 120 countries throughout the world and enjoy a reputation for reliability and technological innovation. Kenwood is committed to developing and building the finest quality components with state of the art technologies that will lead our customers and us into the 21st century. At Kenwood we understand and believe that precise technology is one of the cores of reliability and quality. One of our foundations of success is our ability to listen to our dealers and our customers to build the right products that give more for the dollar. Kenwood Communications Corporation is a company on the move, growing and changing with our customers and their needs.

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1946	Trio-Kenwood began making highly sophisticated high fidelity components and Amateur radio equipment.
1966	Trio-Kenwood manufactures the first fully solid state amplifier in the industry that outsells traditional tube amplifiers.
1975	Trio-Kenwood was established in Compton, California selling over 70% of all Amateur radios in the USA.
1975	Kenwood Communications introduces the legendary TS-520S to the US market.
1978	Kenwood Communications introduces VBT (Variable Bandwidth Tuning) which narrows both sides of the I.F. pass band.
1979	Kenwood Communications introduces the TR-2400, the first microprocessor controlled hand held radio in the communications field.
1982	Kenwood introduces the TS-930S, first solid state HF transceiver with a built-in antenna tuner.
1983	Kenwood Communications introduces the first 25 watt 2meter/440 MHz dual-band transceiver ever produced.
1983	Kenwood Communications enters the Land Mobile Communications market.
1984	Kenwood Communications introduces DSC (digital coded squelch) selective calling circuit in the TS-711A and TS-811A.
1985	Kenwood develops its first satellite receiving system (KSR-1000).
1986	Kenwood Communications introduces the TM-2570A FM transceiver with 70watts of transmit power, telephone auto-dialer and DCL (digital channel link).
1989	DSP (digital signal processing) is first introduced in the TS-950SD.
1993	Kenwood Communications introduces the first compact 100 watt HF radio, the TS-50S.
1996	Kenwood Communications introduces the TS-870S, the first and only 100% digitally filtered HF transceiver in the IF stage with RCP (radio control program) for your PC.
1997	Kenwood introduces the UBZ-LF14 FRS Family Radio and instantly captures a major market share.
1998	Kenwood Communications introduces the VC-H1 Visual Communicator to the Amateur radio market, making it possible to easily transmit JPEG files images over the air.

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