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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  6m  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 10-80 m + WARC 29-54 / 108-174 / 406-512 / 806-956 MHz 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   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 ('92 - '97) Triple conversion ('98 - '??) Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 8.83 MHz
2nd: 445 kHz
Image rejection ? ? > 60 dB
Audio output ? 100mW max 1.5 W @ 8 ohm

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m + WARC - 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations CW   SSB   - AM   CW   SSB  
RF-output Max 100 W ? 100 W max

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 4.8V DC Mains
Current RX 700 mA ? 32 W
TX 19 A max - 295 W

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 198x Between 1992 and 199x Between 1981 and 19xx
Dimensions 241 × 94 × 293 mm
(9.49 × 3.70 × 11.54 in)
64 × 152 × 43 mm
(2.52 × 5.98 × 1.69 in)
333 × 133 × 333 mm
(13.11 × 5.24 × 13.11 in)
Weight 5.60 kg (12.4 lbs) 355 gr (12.5 oz) 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 100 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? VOX
ACG
ALC
RIT
Attenuator
Noise blanker
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TS-000130S UNIDEN-BEARCAT-SC-000150Y/B KENWOOD-TS-000830M