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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
HF Transceiver
Desktop Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  ?
Freq. stability ≤ 10 p.p.m. ≤ 0.5 p.p.m. with SO-2 ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-30 MHz 160-10 m + WARC ?
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   -
Sensitivity AM (10 dB S+N/N)
0.5-1.5 MHz: 2.5 µV
1.5-1.7 MHz: 3.5 µV
1.7-30 MHz: 2.5 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
28-30 MHz: 0.5 µV
SSB/CW (10 dB S+N/N)
0.5-1.5 MHz: 0.25 µV
1.5-1.7 MHz: 0.35 µV
1.7-30 MHz: 0.25 µV
0.35 µV for 10 dB S+N/N ?
Selectivity AM: 5 kHz (-6 dB), 40 kHz (-60 dB)
FM: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 25 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB/CW: 2.2 kHz (-6 dB), 4.8 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB: 2.4 kHz
CW/RTTY: 400 Hz
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Filters ? 400 Hz optional ?
Receiver system Double (AM/SSB/CW) / Triple (FM) conversion superheterodyne Single conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 73.045 MHz
2nd: 10.695 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
9.00165 MHz ?
Image rejection 70 dB ≥ 60 dB ?
Audio output 2 Watts 8 ohms 3 W into 4 Ohms ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 160-10 m + WARC ?
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   -
RF-output High: 100 W, Medium: 50 W, Low: 10 W 100 W on all bands ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8 V DC ±15% 12-14V DC ?
Current RX 1.45 A 1.8 A ?
TX 20.5 A 20 A max ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1993 and 199x in USA Between 1980 and 198x in USA Between 1965 and 19xx
Dimensions 179 × 60 × 233 mm
(7.05 × 2.36 × 9.17 in)
362 × 162 × 337 mm
(14.25 × 6.38 × 13.27 in)
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Weight 2.90 kg (6.4 lbs) 10.60 kg (23.4 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Dual VFO's, 100 memories, AIP, RIT, IF shift, AGC and TF-set Full QSK
VOX
Noise blanker
Break-in CW
IF-gain adjust
RF-gain adjust
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TS-000050S SWAN-(CUBIC)-ASTRO-000103 EUDGERT-000400A1