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General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  70cm  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability Typically less than 500 Hz pr hour after a 30-minute warm-up. Typically less than 150 Hz pr 30 minutes after a 90-minute warm-up ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 430-440 / 1240-1300 MHz 118-174 / 230-252.9 / 255.1-261.9 / 266.1-270.9 / 275.1-379.9 / 382.1-411.9 /
415.1-550 / 834.1-859.9 / 889.1-914.9 / 960.1-999.99 MHz
Modulations CW   FM   AM   FM   DV  
Sensitivity ≤ 0.5 µV for 10 dB S+N/N
≤ 0.2 µV for readable signal
? FM: 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD)
DV: 0.35 µV (BER 1%)
Selectivity Narrow: 250 Hz maximum at 6 dB.
Wide: 1 kHz maximum at 6 dB.
? ?
Filters Passband 700 Hz (approximate) ? ?
Receiver system Superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ≥ 60 dB ? 60 dB
Audio output 1 watt into 8-ohm load ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m 430-440 / 1240-1300 MHz 144-146 / 430-440 MHz
Modulations CW   FM   FM   DV  
RF-output 4 W (3 W on 10 m) High: 10/10 W, Low: ?/? W High: 20 / 20 W, Medium: 10 / 10 W, Low: 2 / 2 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 11-16 V DC 13.8V DC 13.8V DC +/- 15%
Current RX ? ? ?
TX 1 A max ? Max 7.5 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1984 and 1991 in USA Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2007 and 200x
Dimensions 235 × 108 × 216 mm
(9.25 × 4.25 × 8.50 in)
? 141 × 40 × 185 mm
(5.55 × 1.57 × 7.28 in)
Weight 2.10 kg (4.6 lbs) ? 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Unknown Unknown

Other features

Memories None ? 512 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features QSK
WARC option
? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-HW-000009 KENWOOD-TM-000842 KENWOOD-TMW-000706