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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  10m  2m 
Freq. stability ? ? Better than ±10 ppm
Tuning steps ? 1 / 10 / 100 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m + WARC 28-29.7 MHz (25.150-29.7 after modification) 136-174 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   SSB   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity ? 0.5 µV (10 dB S/N) Better than 0.4µV (12dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? ? -6/-60dB:
12kHz/28kHz (Wide)
9kHz/22kHz (Narrow)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 21.7 MHz
2nd: 450 kHz
Image rejection ? >70 dB Better than 70dB
Audio output ? ? 3W into 4 ohms @ 10% THD

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m + WARC 28-29.7 MHz (25.150-29.7 after modification) 144-146 MHz (Europe)
144-148 MHz (USA)
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   SSB   FM   N-FM  
RF-output Max 100 W AM: 7 W, FM/SSB: 25 W 75 / 25 / 10 / 5 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 12-16V DC 13.8V DC ±15%
Current RX 700 mA ? 0.7A max
TX 19 A max 3-5 A 15A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 198x Between 199x and 200x Between 2009 and 20xx
Dimensions 241 × 94 × 293 mm
(9.49 × 3.70 × 11.54 in)
154 × 52 × 248 mm
(6.06 × 2.05 × 9.76 in)
160 × 50 × 185 mm
(6.30 × 1.97 × 7.28 in)
Weight 5.60 kg (12.4 lbs) 1.50 kg (3.3 lbs) 1.90 kg (4.2 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? 200 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Repeater offset (Shift) CTCSS / DCS
NOAA WX alert (US only)
WIRES
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TS-000130S RADIOSHACK-REALISTIC-HTX-000010 YAESU-FT-002900R