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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  70cm  70cm  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 ? Channelized ?

Receiver

RX-range 118-174 / 230-252.9 / 255.1-261.9 / 266.1-270.9 / 275.1-379.9 / 382.1-411.9 /
415.1-550 / 834.1-859.9 / 889.1-914.9 / 960.1-999.99 MHz
442-447 MHz 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations AM   FM   DV   FM   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity FM: 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD)
DV: 0.35 µV (BER 1%)
0.5 µV (20 dB quieting) 0.25 µV at 10 dB S+N/N
Selectivity ? 20 kHz (-60 dB), 40 kHz (-70 dB) 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 3.6 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 10.7 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
1st: 8.83 MHz
2nd: 445 kHz
Image rejection 60 dB ? > 60 dB
Audio output ? 1.5 W at 10% distortion / 8 ohms 1.5 W @ 8 ohm

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 / 430-440 MHz 440-445 MHz 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations FM   DV   FM   AM   CW   SSB  
RF-output High: 50 / 50 W, Medium: 15 / 15 W, Low: 2 / 2 W 1 / 10 W 100 W max

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC +/- 15% 13.8 V DC Mains
Current RX ? 500 mA 32 W
TX Max 12.5 A 3 A max 295 W

Physical

Manufactured Between 2007 and 200x Between 197x and 197x in Japan Between 1981 and 19xx
Dimensions 141 × 40 × 185 mm
(5.55 × 1.57 × 7.28 in)
180 × 60 × 240 mm
(7.09 × 2.36 × 9.45 in)
333 × 133 × 333 mm
(13.11 × 5.24 × 13.11 in)
Weight 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs) 2.30 kg (5.1 lbs) 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs)
Form factor Unknown Unknown Base Station

Other features

Memories 512 channels in 1 bank(s) 23 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 ? CTCSS unit
PS-5 Power supply with built-in clock
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MPN KENWOOD-TMW-000706S KENWOOD-TR-008300 KENWOOD-TS-000830M