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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave 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  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  6m  2m  10m 
Freq. stability ? Withing 1 kHz during the first hour after 1 minute of warm up. Withing 100 Hz during any 30 minute period after warm up. ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 160-10 m + WARC 10-160 m + WARC 1.7-2.3 / 2.5-4.1 / 6.9-7.5 / 13.9-14.5 /
20.9-21.5 / 27.9-30.1 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? 0.25 µV at 10 dB S+N/N ?
Selectivity ? SSB/CW wide
2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 3.6 kHz (-60 dB)
CW narrow
With YK-88C: 500 Hz (-6 dB), 1.5 kHz (-60 dB)
With YK-88CN: 270 Hz (-6 dB), 820 Hz (-60 dB)
With YG-455C: 500 Hz (-6 dB), 820 Hz (-60 dB)
With YG-455CN: 250 Hz (-6 dB), 500 Hz (-60 dB)
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Filters ? 0.5 / 2.4 kHz ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 8.83 MHz
2nd: 445 kHz
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Image rejection ? > 60 dB ?
Audio output ? 1.5 W @ 8 ohm ?

Transmitter

TX-range 160-10 m + WARC 10-160 m + WARC -
Modulations CW   SSB   CW   SSB   -
RF-output Max 100 W 100 W max ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains Mains
Current RX ? 295 W 50 W
TX 295 W 32 W -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 19xx Between 1981 and 19xx Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan
Dimensions 333 × 133 × 333 mm
(13.11 × 5.24 × 13.11 in)
333 × 133 × 333 mm
(13.11 × 5.24 × 13.11 in)
368.3 × 165.1 × 292.1 mm
(14.50 × 6.50 × 11.50 in)
Weight 12.80 kg (28.2 lbs) 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs) 11.34 kg (25.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? VOX
ACG
ALC
RIT
Attenuator
Noise blanker
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TS-000530S KENWOOD-TS-000830S YAESU-FRDX-000400