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The Kenwood TS-50S is a compact HF transceiver with full-sized features and power. Output is adjustable to 10, 50 or 100 watts on 160, 80, 40, 30, 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10 meters. General coverage receive is from 500 kHz to 30 MHz. Naturally it supports LSB, USB, CW AM and FM.
General characteristics
- HAM bands
- 160m 80m 60m 40m 30m (WARC) 20m 17m (WARC) 15m 12m (WARC) 11m (CB) 10m
- Frequency stability
- ≤ 10 p.p.m. ≤ 0.5 p.p.m. with SO-2
- Tuning steps
- Continuous
- Memories
- 100 channels in 1 bank(s)
Receiver
- RX-range
- 0.5-30 MHz
- Modulations
- AM FM CW USB LSB
- Sensitivity
- AM (10 dB S+N/N)
0.5-1.5 MHz: 2.5 µV
1.5-1.7 MHz: 3.5 µV
1.7-30 MHz: 2.5 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
28-30 MHz: 0.5 µV
SSB/CW (10 dB S+N/N)
0.5-1.5 MHz: 0.25 µV
1.5-1.7 MHz: 0.35 µV
1.7-30 MHz: 0.25 µV - Selectivity
- AM: 5 kHz (-6 dB), 40 kHz (-60 dB)
FM: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 25 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB/CW: 2.2 kHz (-6 dB), 4.8 kHz (-60 dB) - Filters
- ?
- Receiver system
- Double (AM/SSB/CW) / Triple (FM) conversion superheterodyne
- IF-frequencies
- 1st: 73.045 MHz
2nd: 10.695 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz - Image rejection
- 70 dB
- Audio output
- 2 Watts 8 ohms
Transmitter
- TX-range
- 10-160 m + WARC
- Modulations
- AM FM CW USB LSB
- RF-output
- High: 100 W, Medium: 50 W, Low: 10 W
Connections
- Antenna
- SO-239
- Impedance
- 50Ω
- Other
- -
Electrical
- Power requirements
- 13.8 V DC ±15%
- Current drain RX
- 1.45 A
- TX
- 20.5 A
Physical
- Dimensions (w×h×d)
- 179 × 60 × 233 mm (7.05 × 2.36 × 9.17 in)
- Weight
- 2.90 kg (6.4 lbs)
- Form factor
- Base Station
- Manufactured
- Between 1993 and 199x in USA
Other features
- Usage
- Amateur / Ham radio operators
- Features + options
- Dual VFO's, 100 memories, AIP, RIT, IF shift, AGC and TF-set
- Accessories
- -
- RigReference ID
- 3487
- MPN
- KENWOOD-TS-000050S
Manuals, diagrams and brochures
- Kenwood TS-50S Service Manual PDF - Unknown size, submitted by RigReference
- Kenwood TS-50S User Manual PDF - Unknown size, submitted by RigReference
- Kenwood TS-50 Supplement PDF - 5.17 MB, submitted by Berend
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Reviews & stories
| Rating | Title | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| Good bare-bones rig! Good AM TX. | 7 years ago by rreh917 | |
| zs6djd South Africa | 13 years ago by zs6djd |
New and second-hand prices
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Based on historic data, today's second-hand price of the Kenwood TS-50S is around:
- USD 139.00 ~ USD 186.00
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