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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop VHF Receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ? 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m (no general coverage)
WWV 10 MHz
30-50 / 152-174 MHz 80-10 m
Modulations CW   SSB   FSK   FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity 0.25 µV S+N/N or more ? 0.25 µV S+N/N 10 dB or more
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)
? 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
Filters YK-88C CW filter, 500 Hz YK-88S SSB filter, 2.2 kHz ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion superheterodyne XTAL and VFO ?
IF-freqs. 8.830 MHz ? ?
Image rejection 60 dB ? Better than 50 dB
Audio output 2 W at 10% distortion / 4 ohm ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m - 80-10 m
Modulations CW   SSB   FSK   - CW   SSB  
RF-output Max 100 W ? Max 100 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 11-16V DC (13.8V DC nominal) 12V DC or mains 13.8V DC or mains
Current RX 1.2-1.6 A ? 5 A (heaters on), 0.6 A (heaters off)
TX 20 A max - 15 A max.

Physical

Manufactured Between 1979 and 198x in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions 325 × 133 × 287 mm
(12.80 × 5.24 × 11.30 in)
? 333 × 153 × 335 mm
(13.11 × 6.02 × 13.19 in)
Weight 11.50 kg (25.4 lbs) ? 16.00 kg (35.3 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None 4 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features WARC option
NB
Dual RIT
IF Shift
VOX
Transverter terminals
Seperate Tuning Knobs for VHF-HI & VHF-LO ?
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
? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TS-000180S RADIOSHACK-/-REALISTIC-PRO-000002B KENWOOD-TS-000520