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Handheld HF/VHF Receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Dual band VHF/UHF handheld tranceiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  2m  70cm 
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. ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range LW / MW / 3.9-22 / 87-108 MHz 10-160 m + WARC 76-108 / 136-174 / 400-470 MHz
Modulations AM   W-FM Stereo   CW   SSB   FM   W-FM  
Sensitivity ? 0.25 µV at 10 dB S+N/N 0.15 µV / 0.18 µV
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 ≥400mW

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC 136-174 / 400-470 MHz
Modulations - CW   SSB   FM  
RF-output - 100 W max 4 / 5 W

Connections

Antenna Built-in sweep SO-239 SMA
Impedance 50/75Ω 50/75Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ?V DC Mains 7.4 V DC, 2200 mAh Li-ion battery
Current RX ? 295 W ?
TX - 32 W ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1983 and 1985 Between 1981 and 19xx Between 2013 and 20xx in Singapore
Dimensions 304 × 180 × 70 mm
(11.97 × 7.09 × 2.76 in)
333 × 133 × 333 mm
(13.11 × 5.24 × 13.11 in)
105 × 58 × 37 mm
(4.13 × 2.28 × 1.46 in)
Weight 2.15 kg (4.7 lbs) 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs) 230 gr (8.1 oz)
Form factor Handheld Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 35 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 128 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? VOX
ACG
ALC
RIT
Attenuator
Noise blanker
VOX
1750 Hz
CTCSS / DCS
Roger beep
LED light
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN GRUNDIG-SATELLIT-000300 KENWOOD-TS-000830S KENWOOD-TH-F000009-(FAKE!)