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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
HF Transceiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 0.55 - 1.6 / 1.6 - 4.8 / 4.8 - 14.5 / 10.5 - 30 MHz 10-80 m 10-80 m + WWV 15.0 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   CW   SSB   FSK  
Sensitivity Band A, B & C: <6 dB (10 dB S/N)
Band D: <18 dB (13 MHz), <10 dB (28 MHz)
? 0.5 µV (10 dB (S+N)/N)
Selectivity 10 kHz (-50 dB) ? SSB/FSK: 2.2 kHz (-6 dB), 4.4 kHz (-60 dB)
CW: 0.5 kHz (-6 dB), 1.5 kHz (-60 dB) with optional CW filter
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion superheterodyne ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 455 kHz ? ?
Image rejection ? ? 50 dB
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 10-80 m + WWV 15.0 MHz
Modulations - - CW   SSB   FSK  
RF-output ? ? SSB: 300 W (PEP input), CW: 200 W (input), FSK: 100 W (input)

Connections

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

Electrical

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

Physical

Manufactured Between 1968 and 1969 in Japan Between 196x and 19xx in Japan Between 197x and 197x in Japan
Dimensions 381 × 178 × 254 mm
(15.00 × 7.01 × 10.00 in)
? 320 × 140 × 320 mm
(12.60 × 5.51 × 12.60 in)
Weight 8.53 kg (18.8 lbs) ? 12.00 kg (26.5 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Unknown

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Bandspread on ham bands
ANL
AVC
Tubes
? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-000009R-59DS KENWOOD-JR-000310 KENWOOD-TS-000900