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Desktop VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. 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. +/- 0.5 p.p.m. over operating temperature
Tuning steps ? ? 10, 100, 1000 Hz, speed sensitive, VFO Lock

Receiver

RX-range 146-147 MHz 10-160 m + WARC 160-10 m except 60 and 12 m
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK  
Sensitivity ? 0.25 µV at 10 dB S+N/N Typical receiver sensitivity: < 1 µV
SSB Better than 0.7uv (0.5 µV Typ), 2.4 kHz, 10 dB SINAD
AM : Better than 4 µV, (2.0 µV Typ) 30% Mod, 6 kHz BW, 10 dB SINAD
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)
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Filters ? 0.5 / 2.4 kHz 100 built-in DSP filters from 100 – 6000 Hz BW Standard 2.5 kHz roofing filter included
Receiver system XTAL Double conversion superheterodyne DSP (Digital Signal Processing)
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 8.83 MHz
2nd: 445 kHz
1st: 9.0018 MHz
2nd: 22.2 kHz
3rd: 0 Hz (DSP)
Image rejection ? > 60 dB 74 dB typical
Audio output ? 1.5 W @ 8 ohm 1.3 Watts into 8 ohm, <3% THD

Transmitter

TX-range 146-147 MHz 10-160 m + WARC 160-10 m except 60 and 12 m
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK  
RF-output 60 W 100 W max 1 - 10 W

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50/75Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC or mains Mains 9.5-14 V DC
Current RX ? 295 W 550 mA
TX ? 32 W 3 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 1981 and 19xx Between 2011 and 20xx
Dimensions ? 333 × 133 × 333 mm
(13.11 × 5.24 × 13.11 in)
165 × 57 × 193 mm
(6.50 × 2.24 × 7.60 in)
Weight ? 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs) 1.63 kg (3.6 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? 100 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? VOX
ACG
ALC
RIT
Attenuator
Noise blanker
Tri-color display
DSP
Noise Reduction / Noise Blanker
AGC
RIT / XIT
2 VFO displays
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN CLEGG-000022'ER-FM KENWOOD-TS-000830S TEN-TEC-000539