UHF TK-5310 and the ham bands

[bar422]

Does anyone know if the Kenwood TK-5310 UHF radios will do the 440 mhz ham bands? The radio is 450-520 mhz but alot of the the other Kenwood radios will do ham bands outside the split the radio is set for. Any help would be appreciated.--Thanks!

 

[Gezelle007]

Does anyone know if the Kenwood TK-5310 UHF radios will do the 440 mhz ham bands? The radio is 450-520 mhz but alot of the the other Kenwood radios will do ham bands outside the split the radio is set for. Any help would be appreciated.--Thanks!

One of the band splits listed on a spec sheet I found shows 380-470. But I have a TK-3180 450-520MHz model and I've been able to program it down to ham just fine.

 

[N4KVE]

While I don't have experience with that model, I have used several Kenwood 450+ radios in the Ham band. a TK 830, & TK 840. The 830 was a little deaf at 442, but retuning fixed that. The 840 needed no retuning. GARY N4KVE

 

[bar422]

I've been able to program the TK-830 and 3180 down to 440 ham bands also with no problems but I didn't know if anyone had experience doing this with the TK-5310. I would think that it would but I wanted to find out for sure before buying one.

 

[bar422]

I can't believe no one knows for sure about this........I don't really want to buy it if it won't work for me. Any help would be greatly appreciated

 

[phillydjdan]

The TK-8180 will go down into the 440 band as well. It seems like most of these newer radios will do it. When I enter the frequency it warns me that it's out of band, but takes it anyway. In fact, my TK-860 also goes down to 146 with no problems after the same warning. Hopefully this leads you closer to a definite answer.

 

[n3obl]

I believe it will. I have one here but havent actually put the freqs in yet but I believe it will take em. Still working out some issues with scanning.

Frank

 

[bar422]

I certainly appreciate the info. I have several Kenwoods so I have seen the "out of band" warning and then it will take it anyway and work just fine I just wasn't sure if the newer ones will still do it. Anymore input would be great as I will be looking to purchase one of these soon.

 

[Raptor05121]

I'm willing to bet it will. The models I've programmed all take amateur without any problems.

 

[CALOES]

Short answer: No

On the UHF band Kenwood made two different version of three different models. The radio you questioned is the "Type-1" which covers 450-520 ("T"-band). If you want 440 Amateur then you need the "Type-2" version which covers 380-470. If you don't need the higher "T"-band then the Type-2 is the version you want. There are three different models (six total) and two channel capacities (512 & 64) each version. Each version use different antennas and are tuned for their respective band. We have both versions and they work well. For more information check Kenood's website & download their PDF brochure.

BJG
A.C. Telecomm

 

[n3obl]

That was the offical answer. Now myself i need a 450-520 radio as I use freqs in the 470 and 490 range. Mine does 440 with no problems and using the longer whip i really dont see much of an issue.

Frank

 

[monitor142]

I have no issues using 440 freqs in my 5310 (450-520 split); both in analog and P25 modes. As noted by others, could get numb at the bottom end of 440 but mine has been good.

-M142