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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ≤ 10 p.p.m. ≤ 0.5 p.p.m. with SO-2 ?
Tuning steps Continuous Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 0.5-30 MHz 138-200 / 300-500 / 800-1000 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FM  
Sensitivity ? AM (10 dB S+N/N)
0.5-1.5 MHz: 2.5 µV
1.5-1.7 MHz: 3.5 µV
1.7-30 MHz: 2.5 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
28-30 MHz: 0.5 µV
SSB/CW (10 dB S+N/N)
0.5-1.5 MHz: 0.25 µV
1.5-1.7 MHz: 0.35 µV
1.7-30 MHz: 0.25 µV
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Selectivity ? AM: 5 kHz (-6 dB), 40 kHz (-60 dB)
FM: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 25 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB/CW: 2.2 kHz (-6 dB), 4.8 kHz (-60 dB)
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double (AM/SSB/CW) / Triple (FM) conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 73.045 MHz
2nd: 10.695 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
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Image rejection ? 70 dB ?
Audio output ? 2 Watts 8 ohms ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC 144-146 / 430-440 MHz (Europe)
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FM  
RF-output ? High: 100 W, Medium: 50 W, Low: 10 W High: 5/5 W, Medium: 2/2 W, Low: 350/350 mW

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. ? 13.8 V DC ±15% 6-16V DC (7.2V DC nominal)
Current RX ? 1.45 A 17-100 mA
TX - 20.5 A Max 1.3 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1959 and 1962 in USA Between 1993 and 199x in USA Between 1989 and 199x in Japan
Dimensions 308 × 155 × 254 mm
(12.13 × 6.10 × 10.00 in)
179 × 60 × 233 mm
(7.05 × 2.36 × 9.17 in)
55 × 157 × 31 mm
(2.17 × 6.18 × 1.22 in)
Weight 7.00 kg (15.4 lbs) 2.90 kg (6.4 lbs) 450 gr (15.9 oz) Batteries & antenna included
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories None 100 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Dual VFO's, 100 memories, AIP, RIT, IF shift, AGC and TF-set DTMF. CTCSS/PL. Twin RX
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-MR-000001-'COMANCHE' KENWOOD-TS-000050S STANDARD-C-000528