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

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  6m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps user-selectable in any steps of 5 kHz and 12.5 kHz up to 995 kHz kHz Continuous 50 Hz - 1000 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-1300 MHz 10-160 m (no general coverage)
WWV 10 MHz
0.1-2036 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   FSK   AM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity Low Band AM: 10dB S/N 0.7 - 1.0µV
N-FM: 12dB Sinad 0.5µV
W-FM: 20dB S/N 1.0µV
High band : N-FM: 12dB Sinad 0.7 - 1.0µV
0.25 µV S+N/N or more 100kHz - 2.5MHz
SSB/CW: 1.00 µV (10dB S/N)
AM: 3.20 µV (10dB S/N)
2.5MHz - 1.8GHz
SSB/CW: 0.25 µV (10dB S/N)
AM: 1.00 µV (10dB S/N)
N-FM: 0.35 µV (12dB SINAD)
W-FM: 1.00 µV (12dB SINAD)
1.8GHz - 2.0GHz
SSB/CW: 0.75 µV (10dB S/N)
AM: 3.00 µV (10dB S/N)
N-FM: 1.25 µV (12dB SINAD)
W-FM: 3.00 µV (12dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? SSB/CW wide: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.2 kHz (-60 dB)
FSK/CW narrow with YK-88C: 0.5 kHz (-6 dB), 1.8 kHz (-60 dB)
2.4 kHz/-6dB, 4.5 kHz/-60db (USB/LSB/CW)
12 kHz/-6dB, 25 kHz/-70dB (AM/N-FM)
180 kHz/-6dB, 800 kHz/-50dB (W-FM)
Filters ? YK-88C CW filter, 500 Hz YK-88S SSB filter, 2.2 kHz ?
Receiver system ? Single conversion superheterodyne Triple / Quadruple (W-FM) conversion
IF-freqs. ? 8.830 MHz ?
Image rejection ? 60 dB ?
Audio output 100 mW 2 W at 10% distortion / 4 ohm 0.7 W into 8 ohm with 10% distortion

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m -
Modulations - CW   SSB   FSK   -
RF-output ? Max 100 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 4.8-6V DC (4R6/AA) or 11-15V DC external 11-16V DC (13.8V DC nominal) 13.8V DC
Current RX 80-100 mA 1.2-1.6 A ?
TX - 20 A max -

Physical

Manufactured Between 199x and 1994 Between 1979 and 198x in Japan Between 1989 and 199x
Dimensions 65 × 170 × 35 mm
(2.56 × 6.69 × 1.38 in)
325 × 133 × 287 mm
(12.80 × 5.24 × 11.30 in)
138 × 80 × 200 mm
(5.43 × 3.15 × 7.87 in)
Weight 300 gr (10.6 oz) without batteries 11.50 kg (25.4 lbs) 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 1000 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 20 channels/second None 400 channels in 4 bank(s) @ 50 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? WARC option
NB
Dual RIT
IF Shift
VOX
Transverter terminals
RS232 port
Accessories ? AT-180 Antenna tuner with SWR/power meter and antenna switch
DFC-180 Digital frequency control
HS-4 headphones
HS-5 headphones
MC-35S Hand microphone, 50 kohm
MC-50 Desk microphone, 500 ohm/50 kohm
PC-1 Phone patch
PS-30 Power supply
SM-220 Station monitor
SP-180 External speaker with filters
VFO-180 Remote VFO
YK-88C CW filter, 500 Hz
YK-88S SSB filter, 2.2 kHz
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MPN AOR-AR-002000 KENWOOD-TS-000180S AOR-AR-003000AB