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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile VHF/UHF Transceiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  2m  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ± 5 p.p.m. +/- 0.5 p.p.m. over operating temperature
Tuning steps Continuous ? 10, 100, 1000 Hz, speed sensitive, VFO Lock

Receiver

RX-range 20-160 m in 5 bands 136-524 / 800-1300 MHz (less cellular) 160-10 m except 60 and 12 m
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK  
Sensitivity < 0.3 µV (10 dB S/N) Less than 0.16 µV (VHF/UHF) Typical receiver sensitivity: < 1 µV
SSB Better than 0.7uv (0.5 µV Typ), 2.4 kHz, 10 dB SINAD
AM : Better than 4 µV, (2.0 µV Typ) 30% Mod, 6 kHz BW, 10 dB SINAD
Selectivity 2.7 kHz (-6 dB), 4.3 kHz (-60 dB) -6 dB: More than 12 kHz
-40 dB: Less than 28 kHz
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Filters ? ? 100 built-in DSP filters from 100 – 6000 Hz BW Standard 2.5 kHz roofing filter included
Receiver system Single conversion superheterodyne Double Super Heterodyne DSP (Digital Signal Processing)
IF-freqs. 5.52 MHz 1st: 38.85 MHz (VHF), 45.05 (UHF)
2nd: 450 kHz (VHF), 455 kHz (UHF)
1st: 9.0018 MHz
2nd: 22.2 kHz
3rd: 0 Hz (DSP)
Image rejection 60 dB ? 74 dB typical
Audio output 2 W at 10% distortion / 3 ohms ? 1.3 Watts into 8 ohm, <3% THD

Transmitter

TX-range 20-160 m in 5 bands 144-148 / 430-450 MHz 160-10 m except 60 and 12 m
Modulations CW   SSB   FM   AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK  
RF-output 180 W (PEP input) High: 50/35 W, Medium: 10/10 W, Low: 5/5 W 1 - 10 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8V DC 9.5-14 V DC
Current RX 0.3-0.5 A 1 A max 550 mA
TX Max 16 A 11.5 A max 3 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1974 and 197x Between 2000 and 200x in Singapore Between 2011 and 20xx
Dimensions 240 × 90 × 250 mm
(9.45 × 3.54 × 9.84 in)
140 × 40 × 195 mm
(5.51 × 1.57 × 7.68 in)
165 × 57 × 193 mm
(6.50 × 2.24 × 7.60 in)
Weight 3.40 kg (7.5 lbs) 1.40 kg (3.1 lbs) 1.63 kg (3.6 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Mobile

Other features

Memories None 200 channels in 1 bank(s) 100 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? APRS
Auto repeater offset
Band scope
Built-in TNC 1K2/9K6
DTMF hand mic
DX-info
Dual display
PBBS
Packet 1200/9600 TNC
Remote head
Skycommand System II
Twin RX
Tri-color display
DSP
Noise Reduction / Noise Blanker
AGC
RIT / XIT
2 VFO displays
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ATLAS-000180 KENWOOD-TM-D000700A TEN-TEC-000539