{"id":36394,"date":"2019-03-08T08:34:48","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T12:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=36394"},"modified":"2019-03-08T08:34:48","modified_gmt":"2019-03-08T12:34:48","slug":"ivan-checks-out-the-kenwood-th-d74s-mediumwave-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/ivan-checks-out-the-kenwood-th-d74s-mediumwave-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Ivan checks out the Kenwood TH-D74’s mediumwave performance"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Ivan (NO2CW), who writes:<\/p>\n

One category of receivers not much talked about are the wideband handhelds. I first owned one of those in 1992 when I paid a ton of money for an AOR-1000. Not only did it cost me a lot but I also ordered it from the UK so it was not subject to the “cellular blocked” rule. Don’t ask me why, it never made any difference in the end.<\/p>\n

As a busy shortwave listener at the time I was eager to check out reception as the radio also featured Shorwave coverage and even a BFO (Beat Frequency Oscillator) knob! To sum it up it was a great receiver above 30 mHz but Shortwave and Mediumwave was barely there, with a 15 kHz wide filter and low sensitivity.<\/p>\n

Well today I have in my hands a Kenwood TH-D74A – a top of the line handheld triband amateur radio transceiver with Medium Wave and Short Wave coverage. The radio is expensive due to the presence of GPS, D Star and APRS, but those are a features for the radio amateur. What about performance on the low frequencies?<\/p>\n

Here is my video of the test which revealed surprising results:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n