KENWOOD TK-290, TK-390 User Manual

VHF/UHF FM Transceivers

TK-290/390

■ 160 CHANNELS/DYNAMIC

GROUPING

■ WIDE-BAND COVERAGE

■ MULTIPLE BANDWIDTH MODE

■ PROGRAMMABLE POWER PER

CHANNEL

■ OPERATOR SELECTABLE

TONE/CODE (OST)

■ MIL-810C/D/E

■ DIE-CAST CHASSIS

■ INTERNAL NOISE CANCELING

MICROPHONE

■ “PROGRAMMABLE” MIL-SPEC

SPEAKER-MICS

■ QUICK-DISCONNECT

ACCESSORIES

■ WEATHER-SEALED UNIVERSAL

CONNECTOR

■ 5 PROGRAMMABLE KEYS

■ RECESSED EMERGENCY KEY

■ PROGRAMMABLE TOGGLE

SWITCH

■ 7 CHARACTER INVERT

DISPLAY

■ DUAL-PRIORITY SCAN

■ DTMF KEYPAD MODELS

■ SECURITY FEATURES

■ FLASH MEMORY ADVANTAGE

TK-290/390 — Beyond the Call of Duty

You’re serious about your job and Kenwood rewards your devotion with highly capable portables that
answer your every call. The TK-290 (VHF) and TK-390 (UHF) compact FM transceivers are built tough
to provide years of dependable service in the field. Most importantly, however, these radios are packed
with advanced technology for user-friendly operation and optimum levels of performance.

Serious Radio for Serious Business

STRENGTH & DURABILITY

MIL-810 C/D/E The TK-290/390 meet or exceed tough U.S.Department of Defense

environmental standards in addition to Kenwood’s own technical and industrial standards.

What’s more,the TK-290/390 meet the demanding

driven rain standard which

means that you can count on
these water-resistant radios to
keep on performing even in
storm-like conditions.

DIE-CAST CHASSIS The aluminum die-cast chassis heat-sink is

lightweight yet provides exceptional strength.

WEATHER-SEALED UNIVERSAL CONNECTOR

The universal accessory connector and battery contacts use
spring action gold-alloy elements for excellent contact,
conductivity and anti-corrosive properties. The universal
connector is designed to mate with Kenwood audio acces­sories such as the KMC-25 or the KMC-26 (with antenna
connector), while meeting MIL-STD 810C/D/E standards.

PERFORMANCE

IMPRESSIVE SPECIFICATIONS/WORLD-CLASS PERFORMANCE High-

stability 2PPM oscillators, efficient MOS-FET po wer model and advanced filtering are just
some of the features that give TK-290/390 both the protection and power to become the
key component of any well-designed radio system.

HIGH-QUALITY AUDIO OUTPUT The TK-290/390 are equipped with an extra-large

1.77 inch speaker element and deliver a half-watt of audio power for robust clarity in
noisy crowds, a t roadside, and industrial environments.

NOISE MICROPHONE Thanks to the built-in noise canceling microphone,TK-290/390

offer crystal-clear communications even in extremely noisy or loud situations.

MULTI-MODE WIDE/NARROW BANDWIDTH To keep you in pace with new

channel allocations, the TK-290/390 is capable of wide or narrow channel bandwidth
operation on a per channel basis.

VERSATILITY

LARGE 160 CHANNEL CAPACITY & DYNAMIC GROUPING The huge capacity

combined with “dynamic”channel grouping allow groups to be as small as one channel
or as large as 160 channels (160 maximum total capacity).This provides versatile
channel organization for any company-wide, departmental or divisional requirement plus
room for auxiliary or special-use groups.

WIDE-BAND COVERAGE The TK-290/390 utilizes channel advanced MOS-FET power

modules capable of wide coverage for local, regional and state-wide frequency needs.