KENWOOD has produced high quality consumer electronics, test equipment and communication equipment since 1946. Today Kenwood products are distributed in over 120 countries throughout the world and enjoy a reputation for reliability and technological innovation. Kenwood is committed to developing and building the finest quality components with state of the art technologies that will lead our customers and us into the 21st century.

At Kenwood we understand and believe that precise technology is one of the cores of reliability and quality. One of our foundations of success is our ability to listen to our dealers and our customers to build the right products that give more for the dollar. Kenwood Communications Corporation is a company on the move, growing and changing with our customers and their needs.

1946 Trio-Kenwood begins making highly sophisticated high fidelity components and Amateur radio equipment.
1966 Trio-Kenwood manufactures the first fully solid state amplifier in the industry that outsells traditional tube amplifiers.
1975 Trio-Kenwood established in Compton, California selling over 70% of all Amateur radios in the USA.
1975 Kenwood Communications introduces the legendary TS-520S to the US market.
1978 Kenwood Communications introduces VBT (Variable Bandwidth Tuning) which narrows both sides of the I.F. pass band.
1979 Kenwood Communications introduces the TR-2400, the first microprocessor controlled hand held radio in the communications field.
1982 Kenwood introduces the TS-930S, first solid state HF transceiver with a built-in antenna tuner.
1983 Kenwood Communications introduces the first 25 watt 2meter/440 MHz dual-band transceiver ever produced.
1983 Kenwood Communications enters the Land Mobile Communications market.
1984 Kenwood Communications introduces DSC (digital coded squelch) selective calling circuit in the TS-711A and TS-811A.
1985 Kenwood develops its first satellite receiving system (KSR-1000).
1986 Kenwood Communications introduces the TM-2570A FM transceiver with 70watts of transmit power, telephone auto-dialer and DCL (digital channel link).
1989 DSP (digital signal processing) is first introduced in the TS-950SD.
1991 TK-930/931 series of trunking mobile radios introduced.
1992 30 series of UHF/VHF mobile created for public service market.
1993 Kenwood Communications introduces the first compact 100 watt HF radio, the TS-50S.
1993 The world's smallest 800/900 MHz trunked portable, the TK-430/431 is introduced.
1994 Compact, mil-spec compliant conventional portables, the TK-250/350 is added to the Kenwood line.
1995 Kenwood produces the world's first UHF trunking and conventional mobile, the TK-840.
1996 Kenwood celebrates its 50th anniversary.
1996 The Kenwood Communications international sales office is opened in Miami, Florida.
1996 Kenwood Communications introduces the TS-870S, the first and only 100% digitally filtered HF transceiver in the IF stage with RCP (radio control program) for your PC.
1997 Kenwood Communications celebrates 15 years in the U.S. LMR business.
1997 Kenwood introduces the FreeTalk™ FRS Family Radio and instantly captures a major market share.
1998 Kenwood Communications introduces the VC-H1 Visual Communicator, making it possible to easily transmit JPEG-formatted images over the air.
1998 The first dual band, dual head LMR radio, the TK-90 series, is introduced.
1998 Kenwood creates the "Emergency Kit" for instantly available disaster communications, also the KGP-1A/1B for affordable AVL/GPS for small fleets. Kenwood introduces the ProTalk, the first military spec portable Color Dot/Star compatible radio.
1998 Kenwood Communciations introduces the TH-D7A, the first 6-Watt Amateur hand-held with a built-in TNC and APRS operating software.
1999 Kenwood Communications incorporates FleetSync™ data communication capability to its 80 Series of mobile and portable transceivers.