Kenwood TS-830S
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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
The Kenwood TS-803S is a highly sophisticated solid state amateur band tranceiver employing only three vacuum tubes. Operating on all amateur bands between 1.8 and 29.7 MHz The TS-830S includes VOX, 25 kHz calibrator, RIT, RF attenuator and noise blanker. Automatic Gain Control (ACG) and Automatic Level Control (ALC) and semi break-in CW are also included.
Specifications
Type- Desktop Amateur HF Transceiver
- Frequency range RX
- 10-160 m + WARC
- TX
- 10-160 m + WARC
- Frequency stability
- Withing 1 kHz during the first hour after 1 minute of warm up. Withing 100 Hz during any 30 minute period after warm up.
- Tuning steps
- -
- Filters
- 0.5 / 2.4 kHz
Receiver
- Modulations
- CW / SSB
- Sensitivity
- 0.25 µV at 10 dB S+N/N
- Selectivity
- SSB/CW wide
2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 3.6 kHz (-60 dB)
CW narrow
With YK-88C: 500 Hz (-6 dB), 1.5 kHz (-60 dB)
With YK-88CN: 270 Hz (-6 dB), 820 Hz (-60 dB)
With YG-455C: 500 Hz (-6 dB), 820 Hz (-60 dB)
With YG-455CN: 250 Hz (-6 dB), 500 Hz (-60 dB) - Receiver system
- Double conversion
- IF-frequencies
- 1st: 8.83 MHz
2nd: 445 kHz - Image rejection
- > 60 dB
- Audio output
- 1.5 W @ 8 ohm
Transmitter
- Modulations
- CW / SSB
- RF-output
- 100 W max
Connections
- Antenna
- SO-239
- Impedance
- 50/75Ω
Electrical
- Power requirements
- Mains
- Current drain RX
- 295 W
- TX
- 32 W
Physical
- Dimensions (w×h×d)
- 333 × 133 × 333 mm (13.11 × 5.24 × 13.11 in)
- Weight
- 13.5 kg (29.8 lbs)
- Form factor
- Desktop
- Manufactured
- Between 1981 and 19xx
Other features
- Memories
- -
- Usage
- Amateur / Ham radio operators
- Manufacturer
- Kenwood
- Model
- TS-830S
- Features
- VOX
ACG
ALC
RIT
Attenuator
Noise blanker
Manuals, Diagrams and Brochures
- None available
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