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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ? 2m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 0.54-31 MHz 144-146 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity 0.25 µV (10 dB S/N) ? ?
Selectivity SSB: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.4 kHz (-60 dB) ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection >50 dB ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m - 144-146 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   - FM   CW   SSB  
RF-output 100 W ? 2-25 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains 12-16V DC or mains
Current RX ? ? Max 1.3 A
TX ? - Max 6.5 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1987 and 199x in Korea Between 1956 and 1958 in USA Between 1984 and 19xx
Dimensions 335 × 138 × 350 mm
(13.19 × 5.43 × 13.78 in)
511 × 279 × 343 mm
(20.12 × 10.98 × 13.50 in)
270 × 96 × 260 mm
(10.63 × 3.78 × 10.24 in)
Weight 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs) 31.70 kg (69.9 lbs) 7.10 kg (15.7 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? 40 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Digital frequency readout
IF-shift
Noise blanker
RIT
Speech processor
VOX
? DCS
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN BANDO-TECHNIC-000005D HAMMARLUND-HQ-000150 KENWOOD-TS-000711E