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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop HF/VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  6m  2m  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  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 10-160 m (144-148 MHz / 50-54 MHz options) General coverage 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? 0.25 µV at 10 dB S+N/N
Selectivity ? ? 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 3.6 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? 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 - 10-160 m + WARC / 50-54 MHz 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY   AM   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? Max 400 W (AM: 100 W) 100 W max

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 12-15V DC or mains Mains Mains
Current RX Max 1 A @ 13.8 VDC ? 32 W
TX - ? 295 W

Physical

Manufactured Between 197x and 197x in Japan Between 2005 and 200x in Japan Between 1981 and 19xx
Dimensions 270 × 140 × 310 mm
(10.63 × 5.51 × 12.20 in)
? 333 × 133 × 333 mm
(13.11 × 5.24 × 13.11 in)
Weight 5.70 kg (12.6 lbs) ? 13.50 kg (29.8 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 ? Balanced microphone jack (XLR). Data port. PS/2 keyboard jack. Direct I/O sound card connections. 32-bit IF DSP. IP3 better than +40 dBm! Twin identical RX. VOX
ACG
ALC
RIT
Attenuator
Noise blanker
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-JR-000599-CS YAESU-FTDX-009000MP KENWOOD-TS-000830M