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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld UHF Transceiver
Mobile UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  70cm  23cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 1MHz / 1kHz / 100Hz / 10Hz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m (0.5-30 MHz continuous) 430-440 / 1240-1300 MHz 1260-1300 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   FM   FM  
Sensitivity 1.6-30MHz: 1µV antenna input voltage results in 10dB S/N ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection Greater than 60 dB ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 0.5-30 MHz 430-440 / 1240-1300 MHz 1260-1300 MHz
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   FM   FM  
RF-output 100-120W High: 5 / 1 W, Low: 0.5 / 0.1 W 1 W

Connections

Antenna - - -
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 5.5-16V DC 13.8V DC
Current RX 3 A ? 180 mA
TX 20 A ? 850 mA

Physical

Manufactured Between 1979 and 1983 in USA Between 19xx and 19xx Between 1984 and 198x
Dimensions 394 × 190 × 457 mm
(15.51 × 7.48 × 17.99 in)
? 158 × 52 × 210 mm
(6.22 × 2.05 × 8.27 in)
Weight 27.20 kg (60.0 lbs) ? 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs) incl. battery and antenna
Form factor Base Station Handheld Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? 5 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Noise blanker (optional)
Speech processor (optional)
Keypad (optional)
Twin RX ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-HF-000380 KENWOOD-TH-000089 KENWOOD-TR-000050