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

General

HAM bands 70cm  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  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 440-450 MHz 0.5-30 / 50-54 MHz 25-54 / 108-174 / 216-225 / 400-512 / 806-956 / 1240-1300 MHz
Modulations FM   AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 240 mW, 8 ohm

Transmitter

TX-range 440-450 MHz 10-160 m + WARC -
Modulations FM   AM   FM   CW   SSB   -
RF-output High: 1 W, Low: 150 mW HF: 100 W (AM: 40 W), 6 m: 50 W (AM: 20 W) ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. ?V DC 13.8V DC 3V DC battery, 12V DC external
Current RX ? Max 2.5 A 500 mA
TX ? Max 20.5 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1984 and 198x Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2004 and 20xx
Dimensions 57 × 120 × 28 mm
(2.24 × 4.72 × 1.10 in)
270 × 96 × 328 mm
(10.63 × 3.78 × 12.91 in)
70 × 114 × 44 mm
(2.76 × 4.49 × 1.73 in)
Weight 260 gr (9.2 oz) with batteries 6.90 kg (15.2 lbs) 220 gr (7.8 oz)
Form factor Handheld Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 100 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 Optional TU-6 CTCSS encoder ? 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-TH-000041AT KENWOOD-TS-000690S UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000246T