Kenwood TM-D710GA (APRS Dual-Band Mobile)
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| Frequency | TX: 144 MHz and 430/440 MHz ham bands, RX: wideband receive per band plan |
| TX power | 5 / 10 / 50 W (50/10/5 W selectable per band. Built-in GPS (in the control head) and a 1200/9600 bps TNC for standalone APRS.) |
| Modes | FM, APRS (built-in AX.25 TNC), EchoLink |
| Weight | 1.4 kg (3.1 lb) - Detachable control head with built-in GPS. |
| Year | 2013 |
| antenna | SO-239 |
| data | built-in TNC (mini-DIN data) |
| gps | internal GPS in control head |
| control | detachable head cable |
| power req | 13.8 V DC. |
Complete standalone APRS mobile - GPS and TNC built in; true dual receive; the reference APRS radio.
Analog FM only (no digital voice); premium price; menu-deep APRS setup.
The benchmark APRS mobile - built-in GPS and TNC mean it does full APRS with no add-ons, which is why it is the community standard.
The TM-D710GA is, for a lot of operators, the gold-standard APRS mobile — the radio you buy when position reporting and packet are the whole point. It is a dual-band 2-meter and 70-centimeter analog FM rig putting out 50 watts on both bands, but what sets it apart is the built-in TNC and a GPS receiver tucked into the control head. That combination means it does APRS completely on its own, with no external boxes to wire up. It is worth being precise about one thing: APRS is data sent over ordinary analog FM, not a digital voice mode. The TM-D710GA does not do DMR, D-STAR, or C4FM — its voice is plain FM.
The 'G' in the name is the GPS and the 'A' is the US version; the earlier plain TM-D710A had the TNC but no internal GPS. Beyond APRS it carries 1,000 memories, a detachable head, EchoLink sysop mode, NOAA weather alert, cross-band repeat, and true same-band dual receive. The GPS logger can store thousands of track points, which is part of why it became the default rig for public-service and emergency work.
Kenwood discontinued it around 2021, so it is a used-market item now, but it remains in heavy daily service. If you want the same radio without the APRS hardware, its sibling the TM-V71A is the one to look at; the older TM-D700A is where Kenwood's mobile APRS story began.