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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Handheld HF/VHF Receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  11m (CB)  6m  2m  70cm  33cm  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? 5 / 12.5 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m + WARC 26.965-27.405 / 29-54 / 108-174 / 406-512 / 806-956 MHz 2.3-23 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   AM   FM   W-FM Stereo   CW  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Triple conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 380.7 MHz
2nd: 10.85 MHz
3rd: 450 kHz
?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m + WARC - -
Modulations CW   SSB   - -
RF-output SSB: 25 W PEP, CW: 20 W ? ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 BNC Built-in telescopic
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8V DC 1250 mAh lithium battery
Current RX 700 mA ? ?
TX 4 A max - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 198x and 198x Between 199x and 199x in USA Between 201x and 20xx in China
Dimensions 241 × 94 × mm
(9.49 × 3.70 × 0.00 in)
180 × 50 × 204 mm
(7.09 × 1.97 × 8.03 in)
190 × 90 × 21 mm
(7.48 × 3.54 × 0.83 in)
Weight ? 1.03 kg (2.3 lbs) 272 gr (9.6 oz)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 150 channels in 5 bank(s) @ 50 channels/second 248 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Trunking (800 Motorola I/II/III (1 trunking bank at a time)
5 list, 10 IDs, 50 per bank; 250 IDs total
ID delay
5 priority channels
9 service search bands
5 monitor memories
Direct search
Data skip
Dual speakers
MP3/WAV recording
Built-in micro-SD slot (16GB max)
USB 2.0
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TS-000130V 20-195 GRUNDIG-G000002-REPORTER