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HF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Power Supply with clock/timer

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  None 
Freq. stability ? ? -
Tuning steps Continuous ? -

Receiver

RX-range 80-10 m 0.150-30 MHz ?
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   -
Sensitivity ≤ 1 µV (S+N/N) AM (10 dB S/N)
0.15-0.5 MHz: 13 µV
0.5-1.8 MHz: 40 µV
1.8-30 MHz: 2.5 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
1.8-30 MHz: 0.7 µV
SSB/CW (10 dB S/N)
0.15-0.5 MHz: 1 µV
0.5-1.8 MHz: 4 µV
1.8-30 MHz: 0.25 µV
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Selectivity SSB: 2.1 kHz (-6 dB), 7 kHz (-60 dB)
CW: 400 Hz (-6 dB), 2 kHz (-60 dB)
AM: 6 kHz (-6 dB), 12 kHz (-60 dB)
FM: 15 kHz (-6 dB), 32 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB/CW: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.4 kHz (-60 dB)
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double (AM/SSB/CW) / triple (FM) conversion ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 48.055 MHz
2nd: 8.83 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
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Image rejection 60 dB ≥ 70 dB ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 80-10 m 10-160 m + WARC ?
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   -
RF-output 1 / 100 W SSB: 250W PEP, CW: 200W, AM: 60W, FM (optional): 120W ?

Connections

Antenna Proprietary SO-239 -
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - Mains

Electrical

Power req. 12-16 V DC 13.8V DC Mains in / 13.8 V DC out
Current RX 2 A 1.2 A ?
TX 3-20 A Max 20 A 3.2 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1975 and 1977 in USA Between 1983 and 198x in Japan Between 197x and 197x in Japan
Dimensions 367 × 146 × 352 mm
(14.45 × 5.75 × 13.86 in)
270 × 96 × 275 mm
(10.63 × 3.78 × 10.83 in)
180 × 100 × 240 mm
(7.09 × 3.94 × 9.45 in)
Weight 7.00 kg (15.4 lbs) 6.50 kg (14.3 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None 8 channels in 1 bank(s) None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-HW-000104 KENWOOD-TS-000430S KENWOOD-PS-000005