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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Monitoring Scope / Scanalyzer

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 0.150-30 MHz 25-54 / 108-174 / 216-225 / 400-512 / 806-956 / 1240-1300 MHz 160-6 m
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   N-FM   All mode  
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 - ?
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   - All mode  
RF-output SSB: 250W PEP, CW: 200W, AM: 60W, FM (optional): 120W ? ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 3V DC battery, 12V DC external Mains (120-240 V AC)
Current RX 1.2 A 500 mA ?
TX Max 20 A - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1983 and 198x in Japan Between 2004 and 20xx Between 19xx and 19xx in USA
Dimensions 270 × 96 × 275 mm
(10.63 × 3.78 × 10.83 in)
70 × 114 × 44 mm
(2.76 × 4.49 × 1.73 in)
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Weight 6.50 kg (14.3 lbs) 220 gr (7.8 oz) ?
Form factor Base Station Handheld Base Station

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 ? 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
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TS-000430S UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000246T HEATHKIT-SB-000620