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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop HF/VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Linear Amplifier

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.05-30 MHz in 9 bands 0.5-30 MHz / 50-54 MHz ?
Modulations AM   CW   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   -
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? 500 Hz / 2.7 kHz roofing filters ?
Receiver system ? DSP ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC / 50-54 MHz 160-10 m
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   -
RF-output ? ? 2 kW PEP SSB, 1 kW CW/RTTY (input power)

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50/300 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. External PSU 13.8V DC 12-16V DC
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - ? 15 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1945 and 1946 in USA Between 2010 and 20xx in Singapore Between 1977 and 19xx in Japan
Dimensions 438 × 228 × 305 mm
(17.24 × 8.98 × 12.01 in)
? 123 × 107 × 265 mm
(4.84 × 4.21 × 10.43 in)
Weight 25.00 kg (55.2 lbs) including 9 coil drawers ? 2.30 kg (5.1 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Duo color LCD (amber/green)
Antenna tuner
?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN NATIONAL-COMPANY-HRO-000005TA1 KENWOOD-TS-000590 KENWOOD-TL-000922