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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile UHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  70cm  23cm  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-30 MHz in four bands 430-440 / 1260-1300 MHz 10-80 m + WWV
Modulations AM   CW   FM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? ? 0.5 µV (10 dB S+N/N)
Selectivity ? ? SSB: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.2 kHz (-60 dB)
CW: 500 Hz (-6 dB), 1.5 kHz (-60 dB), with optionalo CW filter
Filters ? ? 500 Hz CW
Receiver system ? ? Single conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 8.83 MHz
Image rejection ? ? 50 dB
Audio output ? ? 1.5 W at 10% distortion / 8 ohms

Transmitter

TX-range - 430-440 / 1260-1300 MHz 10-80 m
Modulations - FM   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output ? High: 35/10 W, Low: 5/1 W SSB: ±10 W PEP (25 W PEP input)
CW: ±10 W DC (20 W DC input)

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC 13.8V DC
Current RX ? ? 2 A
TX - ? 5 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan Between 1978 and 19xx in Japan
Dimensions 380 × 250 × 180 mm
(14.96 × 9.84 × 7.09 in)
? 241 × 94 × 235 mm
(9.49 × 3.70 × 9.25 in)
Weight 9.30 kg (20.5 lbs) ? 4.90 kg (10.8 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories None None 4 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Twin RX Vox
NB
RIT
Digital readout
Accessories ? ? Antenna tuner
Ham clock, 24 hour type
High performance dynamic headphones, 8 ohms
Deluxe headphones, 8 ohms
Mobile mount
Dynamic hand microphone. 50 Kohm
Dynamic hand microphone. 500 ohms
Dynamic desk microphone. 500 ohms or 50 Kohm switchable
Regulated power supply. 13.8 V DC, 4.5 A
Regulated power supply. 13.8 V DC, 20 A
External speaker
External VFO
500 Hz CW narrow filter. IF: 8.83 MHz
MPN KENWOOD-000009R-59 KENWOOD-TM-000833S KENWOOD-TS-000120V