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Mobile UHF Transceiver
VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 23cm  2m  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 1260-1300 MHz 144-146 MHz 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations FM   FM   CW   SSB   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 1260-1300 MHz 144-146 MHz 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations FM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB  
RF-output 1 W High: 25 W, Low: 5 W 100 W max

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8V DC Mains
Current RX 180 mA ? 32 W
TX 850 mA ? 295 W

Physical

Manufactured Between 1984 and 198x Between 1982 and 19xx Between 1981 and 19xx
Dimensions 158 × 52 × 210 mm
(6.22 × 2.05 × 8.27 in)
? 333 × 133 × 333 mm
(13.11 × 5.24 × 13.11 in)
Weight 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs) incl. battery and antenna ? 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Unknown Base Station

Other features

Memories 5 channels in 1 bank(s) ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? VOX
ACG
ALC
RIT
Attenuator
Noise blanker
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TR-000050 KENWOOD-TR-009130 KENWOOD-TS-000830M