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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? 1 / 10 / 100 Hz
1 / 9 / 10 / 500 kHz
1 MHz
20 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.55 - 1.6 / 1.6 - 4.8 / 4.8 - 14.5 / 10.5 - 30 MHz 0.1-30 MHz ~432 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity Band A, B & C: <6 dB (10 dB S/N)
Band D: <18 dB (13 MHz), <10 dB (28 MHz)
AM (10 dB S+N/N)
0.1-0.5 MHz: 2 µV
0.5-1.62 MHz: 32 µV
1.62-24.5 MHz: 0.2 µV
24.5-30 MHz: 1.3 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
28-30 MHz: 0.25 µV
SSB/CW/FSK (10 dB S+N/N)
0.1-0.5 MHz: 0.2 µV
0.5-1.62 MHz: 4 µV
1.62-24.5 MHz: 0.2 µV
24.5-30 MHz: 0.13 µV
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Selectivity 10 kHz (-50 dB) AM
6 kHz (-6 dB), 15 kHz (-60 dB)
FM
12 kHz (-6 dB), 24 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB/CW/FSK
2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 3.8 kHz (-60 dB)
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion superheterodyne Triple conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. 455 kHz 1st: 73.05 MHz
2nd: 8.83 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
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Image rejection ? 80 dB ?
Audio output ? 1.5 W at 10% distortion / 8 ohms ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC ~432 MHz
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? 100 W (AM 40 W) 10 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains (110-120 / 220-240 V AC) 13.8 V DC 13.8V DC
Current RX 45 W 2 A ?
TX - 20.5 A ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1968 and 1969 in Japan Between 199x and 199x in Japan Between 197x and 197x
Dimensions 381 × 178 × 254 mm
(15.00 × 7.01 × 10.00 in)
330 × 120 × 334 mm
(12.99 × 4.72 × 13.15 in)
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Weight 8.53 kg (18.8 lbs) 11.00 kg (24.3 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? 105 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Bandspread on ham bands
ANL
AVC
Tubes
Digital Signal Processing (DSP)
CTCSS/PL
Built-in keyer
AIP
VOX
Dimmer
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-000009R-59DS KENWOOD-TS-000850S BELCOM-LINER-000430