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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Dual-tuner 14-bit SDR receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  2000m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 9 / 10 / 100 / 1000 Hz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.05-35 MHz 80-10 m 1 kHz - 2 GHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   CW   SSB   All mode   Multiple (Software defined)  
Sensitivity AM (10 dB S/N)
0.5-1.6 MHz: 39.8 µV
1.6-21.5 MHz: 2.5 µV
21.5-30 MHz: 2.5 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
21.5-30 MHz: 0.35 µV
SSB/CW (10 dB S+N/N)
0.5-1.6 MHz: 4 µV
1.6-30 MHz: 0.25 µV
0.25 µV S+N/N 10 dB or more ?
Selectivity AM 6 kHz (-6 dB), 18 kHz (-50 dB)
FM 12 kHz (-6 dB), 25 kHz (-50 dB)
SSB/CW 2.2 kHz (-6 dB), 4.4 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.4 kHz (-60 dB)
CW: 0.5 kHz (-6 dB), 1.5 kHz (-60 dB) with optional CW filter
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Filters ? ? Ten high-selectivity front-end filters
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? SDR
IF-freqs. 1st: 40.055 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
? Zero IF, All IF bandwidths
Low IF, IF bandwidths ≤ 1.536MHz
Image rejection -50 dB Better than 50 dB ?
Audio output 1.5 W at 10% distortion / 8 ohms ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 80-10 m ?
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   CW   SSB   -
RF-output AM: Max 40 W, FM: Max 50 W, SSB/CW: Max 100 W Max 100 W ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 SMA
Impedance 50Ω 50/75 Ω 50/1kΩ
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12-16 V DC 13.8V DC or mains ?
Current RX 1.5 A 5 A (heaters on), 0.6 A (heaters off) 185-320 mA
TX 20 A max 15 A max. ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1987 and 199x in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2018 and 20xx in UK
Dimensions 270 × 96 × 270 mm
(10.63 × 3.78 × 10.63 in)
333 × 153 × 335 mm
(13.11 × 6.02 × 13.19 in)
95 × 80 × 30 mm
(3.74 × 3.15 × 1.18 in)
Weight 6.10 kg (13.5 lbs) 16.00 kg (35.3 lbs) 110 gr (3.9 oz)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 31 channels in 1 bank(s) ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features IF Shift
RIT
VFO Tuning Torque adjust
Multifunction meter
Speech processor
Numerous I/O jacks
RF attenuator
? USB 2.0 (high speed) type B socket
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TS-000140S KENWOOD-TS-000520 SDRPLAY-RSPDUO