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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Dual-band DMR handheld

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  6m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps Continuous 50 Hz - 1000 kHz 2.5 / 5 / 6.25 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.15-30 MHz 0.1-2036 MHz 136-174 / 400-470 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   FSK   AM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   FM   N-FM   DMR  
Sensitivity AM (10 dB S/N)
0.15-0.5 MHz: 10 µV
0.5-1.8 MHz: ? µV
1.8-30 MHz: 2 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
0.5-1.8 MHz: 32 µV
1.8-30 MHz: 0.5 µV
SSB/CW/FSK (10 dB S/N)
0.15-0.5 MHz: 1 µV
0.5-1.8 MHz: 4 µV
1.8-30 MHz: 0.2 µV
100kHz - 2.5MHz
SSB/CW: 1.00 µV (10dB S/N)
AM: 3.20 µV (10dB S/N)
2.5MHz - 1.8GHz
SSB/CW: 0.25 µV (10dB S/N)
AM: 1.00 µV (10dB S/N)
N-FM: 0.35 µV (12dB SINAD)
W-FM: 1.00 µV (12dB SINAD)
1.8GHz - 2.0GHz
SSB/CW: 0.75 µV (10dB S/N)
AM: 3.00 µV (10dB S/N)
N-FM: 1.25 µV (12dB SINAD)
W-FM: 3.00 µV (12dB SINAD)
≤ 0.2 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity N-AM
2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 3.6 kHz (-60 dB)
W-AM
6 kHz (-6 dB), 15 kHz (-50 dB)
FM
12 kHz (-6 dB), 22 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB/CW/FSK
2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 3.6 kHz (-60 dB)
2.4 kHz/-6dB, 4.5 kHz/-60db (USB/LSB/CW)
12 kHz/-6dB, 25 kHz/-70dB (AM/N-FM)
180 kHz/-6dB, 800 kHz/-50dB (W-FM)
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Filters 250 / 500 Hz CW, 6 kHz AM (Optional) ? ?
Receiver system Triple (FM) / Quadruple conversion superheterodyne Triple / Quadruple (W-FM) conversion ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 45.05 MHz
2nd: 8.83 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
4th: 100 kHz
? ?
Image rejection 80 dB (1.8-30 MHz) ? ?
Audio output 1.5 W into 8 ohms 0.7 W into 8 ohm with 10% distortion 1 W

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC - 136-174 / 400-470 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   FSK   - FM   N-FM   DMR  
RF-output 250 W PEP, AM: 140W DC input ? 1 / 5 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 BNC SMA
Impedance 20-150Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains (120 / 220 / 240 V AC) 13.8V DC 7.4 V DC Li-ion, 1800 mAh
Current RX 80 W ? ?
TX 510 W max - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1985 and 19xx in Japan Between 1989 and 199x Between 2018 and 20xx in China
Dimensions 401 × 141 × 350 mm
(15.79 × 5.55 × 13.78 in)
138 × 80 × 200 mm
(5.43 × 3.15 × 7.87 in)
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Weight 18.50 kg (40.8 lbs) 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 40 channels in 4 bank(s) 400 channels in 4 bank(s) @ 50 channels/second 1024 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Auto-AT option RS232 port CTCSS
Accessories Internal automatic antenna tuner
Communications headphones
Light-weight open air communications headphones
Deluxe communications headphones
Micro headphones
Hand microphone
Desk microphone
Phone patch
Station monitor
TXCO
External speaker
Voice synthesizer
500 Hz CW filter (455 kHz IF)
250 Hz CW filter (455 kHz IF)
6 kHz AM filter (8.83 MHz IF)
500 Hz CW filter (8.83 MHz IF)
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MPN KENWOOD-TS-000940S AOR-AR-003000AB BAOFENG-RD-000005R