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Is KENWOOD UV-N98 another UV-5R cousin?

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teufler

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if it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, its probably a duck. The case is diffinately the same, the buttons are in a different order. They looked like they left the radio light off. I looks like Kenwood has gone over to the dark side.
 

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Kenwood or ?

It would not be the first time Kenwood had it's name used illegally. There have been many radios with Icom on them that were fakes, and this looks like a similar situation. Kenwood has a professional reputation to uphold, and I cannot believe they would risk it on a very low end radio.
 

khaytsus

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Several of these on Amazon, I posted a 1-star review for at least one of them.

I'm really surprised Kenwood doesn't pounce on this ****.
 
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