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Amateur Base Station Antenna tuner

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? 1 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 160-10 m + WARC 0.5-55 MHz 1.8-54 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   All mode  
Sensitivity ? AM (10 dB S/N)
0.5-1.8 MHz: 10 uV
1.8-30 MHz: 2 uV
50-54 MHz: 2 uV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
28-20 MHz: 0.35 uV
50-54 MHz: 0.35 uV
SSB/CW (10 dB S/N)
0.5-1.8 MHz: 10 uV
1.8-30 MHz: 0.25 uV
50-54 MHz: 0.25 uV
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Selectivity ? AM: 6 kHz (-6 dB), 25 kHz (-60 dB)
FM: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 25 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.6 kHz (-60 dB)
CW: 500 Hz (-6 dB), 2 kHz (-60 dB)
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double (AM/SSB/CW) /triple (FM) conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st IF: 70.455 MHz
2nd IF: 10.695 MHz
3rd IF: 455 kHz
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Image rejection ? 70 dB ?
Audio output ? 0.6 W at 10% distortion / 8 ohms ?

Transmitter

TX-range 160-10 m + WARC 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m 1.8-54 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   All mode  
RF-output Max 100 W 0.5-5 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 9-15 V DC (3800 mAh battery) 12-14 V DC
Current RX ? 660 mA < 500 mA
TX 295 W 2.5 A ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 19xx Between 2017 and 20xx in China Between 202x and 20xx in China
Dimensions 333 × 133 × 333 mm
(13.11 × 5.24 × 13.11 in)
160 × 99 × 46 mm
(6.30 × 3.90 × 1.81 in)
200 × 40 × 130 mm
(7.87 × 1.57 × 5.12 in)
Weight 12.80 kg (28.2 lbs) 940 gr (2.1 lbs) 800 gr (1.8 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Portable Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? 16000 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? 3.6" LCD
IF output
Built-in auto-ATU
Backlit buttons
Memory keyer
AF-DSP
Internal or external microphone
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TS-000530S XIEGU-X005105 MAT-TUNER-MAT-M000030