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Desktop Shortwave Transmitter
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Handheld Communications Receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  2m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ? ? ≤ 2.5 p.p.m. after 5 min. warm-up
Tuning steps ? Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range - - 0.1-1300 MHz
Modulations - - AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DMR   D-STAR   P25   APCO-25   GMSK  
Sensitivity ? ? 530 kHz - 18 MHz: 0.71 µV (12 dB SINAD)
18 - 1300 MHz: 0.32 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Tube driver and final ? Direct, double or triple conversion depending on selected range
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 1.705 GHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 1 W internal speaker, 3.5mm jacks

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m 144-146 MHz -
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   -
RF-output ? Max 10 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. ? Mains Li-Ion
Current RX - - ?
TX ? ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1976 and 1979 in Japan Between 1969 and 19xx in Japan Between 2017 and 201x in Japan
Dimensions ? 300 × 160 × 340 mm
(11.81 × 6.30 × 13.39 in)
?
Weight ? 6.00 kg (13.2 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Micro-SD card
Digimode autodetect
IPX5 water resistant

Support for the following digital modes:
- Alinco (GMSK - AMBE)
- Apco P25 (C4FM - IMBE)
- D-Star (GMSK - AMBE)
- DCR/NXDN (C4FM - AMBE 2)
- DMR/MotoTRBO (C4FM - AMBE 2)
- dPMR (C4FM - AMBE 2)
- Yaesu (C4FM - AMBE 2)
- Tetra (DMO - only)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-T-000599D MINIX-MTR-000025 AOR-AR-DV000010