I love my Kenwoods.
I started with several Kenwood TK-840's which worked great. I also bought a few TK-830's which are even better, though a bit bigger. My current setup is a Dual Band TK730/830 for Amateur and GMRS, and I just installed a TK-790 / 890 Dual Band Dual Head setup in my new truck with the radios mounted under the rear seat, and the control head under the dash. The 890 is the ultimate UHF radio but sadly Kenwood didn't seek part 95 cert. on the 890, though it easily meets all part 95 requirements just like it's predecessor TK-830 did. The nice thing about the X90 series Kenwoods are the user defined buttons on the control head for functions like Scan, Monitor (listens without RX PL so you can hear any traffic on selected frequencies even when your rx pl.'s are programmed, Talk Around to bypass repeater input frequencies and talk on the RX frequency for local "car to car" comms, Dim-able display, Squelch, Public Address option built in, just need a good external speaker, OST - Operator Selectable Tones, Recall last station, Home Channell, Direct to Channell 1, 2, etc... , Delete and Add scan list, temp delete from scan, Operator Selectable Priority 1 and 2 Scan, and much much more. The Kenwood *30 and *90 series radios are mil spec, have amazing clarity, and are built to last. The best part is they are all simple to program and are abundant on eBay.
