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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile VHF/UHF Transceiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2m  70cm  2m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m + 14 additional 200 kHz crystal positions 144-148 / 440-450 / 1240-1300 MHz 144-147.995 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   FM   FM  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output Requires external speaker ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-148 / 440-450 / 1240-1300 MHz 144-147.995 MHz
Modulations - FM   FM  
RF-output ? High: 50/35/10 W, Low: 5/5/1 W 1-10 W

Connections

Antenna RCA (Tulip) - SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC 13.8V DC
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - ? Max 3 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1964 and 1975 in USA Between 19xx and 19xx Between 1986 and 19xx
Dimensions 375 × 197 × 317 mm
(14.76 × 7.76 × 12.48 in)
? 160 × 60 × 260 mm
(6.30 × 2.36 × 10.24 in)
Weight 9.10 kg (20.1 lbs) ? ?
Form factor Base Station Mobile Mobile

Other features

Memories 14 channels in 1 bank(s) ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features S-Meter
Preselector
100 kHz Crystal Calibrator
Rejection Tuning
AGC OFF/SLO/FST
BFO and Fiduciary Adjust
Triple RX ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000075S-3C KENWOOD-TM-000942 KENWOOD-TR-007600