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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
HF Receiver

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 0.5-30.5 MHz in 30 bands
Modulations CW   SSB   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   FSK  
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 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 10-80 m 10-160 m + WARC -
Modulations CW   SSB   CW   SSB   -
RF-output 100 W 100 W max ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains Mains
Current RX ? 295 W Max 100 W
TX ? 32 W -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1959 and 19xx in USA Between 1981 and 19xx Between 1964 and 196x in Great Britain
Dimensions ? 333 × 133 × 333 mm
(13.11 × 5.24 × 13.11 in)
483 × 222 × 400 mm
(19.02 × 8.74 × 15.75 in)
Weight ? 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs) 40.00 kg (88.3 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? VOX
ACG
ALC
RIT
Attenuator
Noise blanker
?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-KWM-000002 KENWOOD-TS-000830S EDDYSTONE-000880/3