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Mobile VHF/UHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Linear Amplifier

General

HAM bands 2m  70cm  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ±5ppm ? ?
Tuning steps ? Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 118-524 / 800-1300 MHz 10-80 m + WWV ?
Modulations AM   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   -
Sensitivity Less than 0.16 µV (VHF/UHF) 0.5 µV (10 dB S+N/N) ?
Selectivity -6 dB: More than 12 kHz
-40 dB: Less than 28 kHz
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
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Filters ? 500 Hz CW ?
Receiver system Double Super Heterodyne Single conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 38.85 MHz (VHF), 45.05 (UHF)
2nd: 450 kHz (VHF), 455 kHz (UHF)
8.83 MHz ?
Image rejection ? 50 dB ?
Audio output ? 1.5 W at 10% distortion / 8 ohms ?

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 / 430-440 MHz 10-80 m 10-160 m
Modulations FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   All mode  
RF-output High: 50/35 W, Medium: 10/10 W, Low: 5/5 W SSB: ±10 W PEP (25 W PEP input)
CW: ±10 W DC (20 W DC input)
SSB: 1200 W PEP, CW: 1000 W, AM/FM/FSK: 400 W (100 W drive)

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8V DC Mains
Current RX 1 A max 2 A ?
TX 11.5 A max 5 A ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 2000 and 200x in Singapore Between 1978 and 19xx in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions 140 × 40 × 195 mm
(5.51 × 1.57 × 7.68 in)
241 × 94 × 235 mm
(9.49 × 3.70 × 9.25 in)
345 × 157 × 326 mm
(13.58 × 6.18 × 12.83 in)
Weight 1.40 kg (3.1 lbs) 4.90 kg (10.8 lbs) 20.00 kg (44.1 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 200 channels in 1 bank(s) 4 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
Twin RX
Vox
NB
RIT
Digital readout
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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
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MPN KENWOOD-TM-D000700E KENWOOD-TS-000120V YAESU-FL-002100Z