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Desktop Shortwave receiver
VHF Transceiver
Handheld UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps ? 25 kHz 5 / 6.25 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 125 / 200 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.55 - 1.6 / 1.6 - 4.8 / 4.8 - 14.5 / 10.5 - 30 MHz 144-146 MHz 400-479 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   FM   AM   FM   N-FM   GMSK   DV  
Sensitivity Band A, B & C: <6 dB (10 dB S/N)
Band D: <18 dB (13 MHz), <10 dB (28 MHz)
? FM/NFM: 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD)
DV: 0.28 µV (1% BER)
Selectivity 10 kHz (-50 dB) ? FM: 55 dB
NFM/DV: 50 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. 455 kHz 1st: 10.7 MHz
2nd: 455 KHz - Ceramic filter: CFT455F2
?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 400 mW

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-146 MHz 420-450 MHz
Modulations - FM   FM   N-FM   GMSK   DV  
RF-output ? 1 W 5 W max

Connections

Antenna SO-239 Built-in sweep SMA
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains (110-120 / 220-240 V AC) 9.6-16V DC 5.5-7.4 V DC (Alkaline or battery pack) 10-16 V DC external
Current RX 45 W 45 mA 200-450 mA
TX - 450 mA 2.5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1968 and 1969 in Japan Between 1979 and 198x in Japan Between 2009 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions 381 × 178 × 254 mm
(15.00 × 7.01 × 10.00 in)
122 × 51 × 175 mm
(4.80 × 2.01 × 6.89 in)
58 × 95 × 26 mm
(2.28 × 3.74 × 1.02 in)
Weight 8.53 kg (18.8 lbs) 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs) 10*NiCd included 225 gr (7.9 oz) with BP-271 and antenna
Form factor Base Station Unknown Handheld

Other features

Memories ? ? 1252 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Bandspread on ham bands
ANL
AVC
Tubes
Illuminated dial PLL: SM5104GA D-Star concept
Built-in GPS
CTCSS / DTCS
Micro SD card slot
128×96 dot-matrix display
IPX7 waterproof
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-000009R-59DS KENWOOD-TR-002300 ICOM-ID-000031A