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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  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.
Tuning steps ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   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)
Filters ? 0.5 / 2.4 kHz
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 8.83 MHz
2nd: 445 kHz
Image rejection ? > 60 dB
Audio output ? 1.5 W @ 8 ohm

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations - CW   SSB  
RF-output ? 100 W max

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains
Current RX ? 295 W
TX - 32 W

Physical

Manufactured Between 1961 and 1964 in USA Between 1981 and 19xx
Dimensions 374 × 169 × 292 mm
(14.72 × 6.65 × 11.50 in)
333 × 133 × 333 mm
(13.11 × 5.24 × 13.11 in)
Weight 9.00 kg (19.9 lbs) 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? VOX
ACG
ALC
RIT
Attenuator
Noise blanker
Accessories ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000075S-3 KENWOOD-TS-000830S