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General

HAM bands 70cm  6m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m 
Freq. stability ? Within ±2 kHz during one hour after one minute of warm-up, and within 150 Hz during any 30 minute period thereafter ?
Tuning steps 25 kHz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 430-440 MHz 50-54 MHz in 4 bands 0.15-30 MHz
Modulations FM   AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? SSB/CW: 0.25 µV (10 dB S/N)
FM: 1 µV (30 dB S/N)
AM: 0.5 µV (10 dB S/N)
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Selectivity ? SSB/CW: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.8 kHz (-60 dB)
AM: 4 kHz (-6 dB), 12 kHz (-60 dB)
FM: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 32 kHz (-60 dB)
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? SSB/CW: Single conversion AM/FM: Double conversion ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 10.7 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz (AM/FM only)
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Image rejection ? > 70 dB ?
Audio output ? 2.5 W @ 4 ohm with 10% THD ?

Transmitter

TX-range 430-440 MHz 50-54 MHz 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations FM   AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output High: 10 W, Low: 1 W 10 W (AM: 5 W) Max 125 W

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8V DC or mains 120/240 VAC Mains
Current RX ? 0.8 A ?
TX ? 4 A max ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 19xx Between 197x and 197x in Japan Between 1982 and 198x
Dimensions 147 × 51 × 193 mm
(5.79 × 2.01 × 7.60 in)
278 × 124 × 325 mm
(10.94 × 4.88 × 12.80 in)
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Weight 1.50 kg (3.3 lbs) 11.00 kg (24.3 lbs) ?
Form factor Unknown Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 5 channels in 1 bank(s) ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? 20 fixed channels (5 per band), crystal controlled
Noise blanker
RIT
Auto-AT option
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TR-008400 KENWOOD-TS-000600 KENWOOD-TS-000930