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

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.150-30 MHz 10-160 m + WARC 25-54 / 108-174 / 216-225 / 400-512 / 806-956 / 1240-1300 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity AM (10 dB S/N)
0.15-0.5 MHz: 13 µV
0.5-1.8 MHz: 40 µV
1.8-30 MHz: 2.5 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
1.8-30 MHz: 0.7 µV
SSB/CW (10 dB S/N)
0.15-0.5 MHz: 1 µV
0.5-1.8 MHz: 4 µV
1.8-30 MHz: 0.25 µV
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Selectivity AM: 6 kHz (-6 dB), 12 kHz (-60 dB)
FM: 15 kHz (-6 dB), 32 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB/CW: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.4 kHz (-60 dB)
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double (AM/SSB/CW) / triple (FM) conversion ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 48.055 MHz
2nd: 8.83 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
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Image rejection ≥ 70 dB ? ?
Audio output ? ? 240 mW, 8 ohm

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 10-160 m + WARC -
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   -
RF-output SSB: 250W PEP, CW: 200W, AM: 60W, FM (optional): 120W FM/SSB/CW: 200 W, AM: 50 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8V DC 3V DC battery, 12V DC external
Current RX 1.2 A ? 500 mA
TX Max 20 A ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1983 and 198x in Japan Between 2000 and 2005 Between 2004 and 20xx
Dimensions 270 × 96 × 275 mm
(10.63 × 3.78 × 10.83 in)
410 × 135 × 347 mm
(16.14 × 5.31 × 13.66 in)
70 × 114 × 44 mm
(2.76 × 4.49 × 1.73 in)
Weight 6.50 kg (14.3 lbs) 14.00 kg (30.9 lbs) 220 gr (7.8 oz)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 8 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 1600 channels in 1000 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Twin RX. DSP TrunkTracking III, tracks Motorola, EDACS and LTR
Turbo Search (300 steps per second)
Dynamic memory
Service Search
Computer interface
Attenuator
SAME w/FIPS
2 alpha-numeric Lines
16 char alpha-tags
CTCSS/DCS sql & search
Rotary control
Auto store
Beep alert
Data skip
Channel Alert
Radio cloning
Backlit display
Pager Skip
Squelch backlight
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TS-000430S YAESU-FT-001000MP-MK-V UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000246T