Kenwood TK-880H

This is an FCC Title 47 Part 90 certified transceiver. This is a business band radio that is possible to program for use on 70cm ham radio.

• Band: 450-490 Mhz
• 32 systems / 250 groups (trunked mode)
• Max 600 channels (trunked mode)
• Max 250 channels capacity (conventional mode)
• 12 character dot matririx LCD
• 10 character alphanumeric alias
• Wide or narrow bandwidth frequencies

Of the various revisions the two main models:

• TK-880 is 5W on low power and 25W on high power
• TK-880H is 10W on low power and 45W on high power

programming

You need the KPG-49D programming software and an appropriate cable. The KPG-49D software can program all radios in the TK-X80 series. The KPG-49D software runs under Windows. The cable is serial on one end and RJ45 on the other. The program for V2 is Windows based, instead of DOS based, like in V1.

The TK-880 will program below 450 MHz, but the receive sensitivity is reduced. The 70cm amateur radio band is the 420 to 450 MHz portion of the UHF radio spectrum. It is said that most Kenwood LMRS 450-490 radios will go to about 442-443 mhz, but the VCO can easily be adjusted to go lower.