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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld AirBand Receiver
Desktop Shortwave Linear Amplifier

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  None  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  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 ? 50 / 100 kHz Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m + WARC 108-142 MHz ?
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   -
Sensitivity 0.25 µV at 10 dB S+N/N AM : 0.5V (S/N 10db) ?
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)
? ?
Filters 0.5 / 2.4 kHz ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 8.83 MHz
2nd: 445 kHz
? ?
Image rejection > 60 dB ? ?
Audio output 1.5 W @ 8 ohm 60 mW ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC - 1.8-29.7 MHz
160-10m
Modulations CW   SSB   - CW   SSB  
RF-output 100 W max ? 30 kW @ 200 W input

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 3LR6 or external 12V DC Mains
Current RX 295 W ? ?
TX 32 W - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 19xx Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2011 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions 333 × 133 × 333 mm
(13.11 × 5.24 × 13.11 in)
58 × 127 × 36 mm
(2.28 × 5.00 × 1.42 in)
540 × 610 × 720 mm
(21.26 × 24.02 × 28.35 in)
Weight 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs) 207 gr (7.3 oz) 224.00 kg (494.2 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 30 channels in 1 bank(s) None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Air-to-air / air-to-ground communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features VOX
ACG
ALC
RIT
Attenuator
Noise blanker
? Eimac 4CX15000A/D tube
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TS-000830S YUPITERU-VT-000125 DRESSLER-TSUNAMI-000030K