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

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ? 6m  2m  70cm  33cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 1 / 10 / 100 Hz
1 / 9 / 10 / 500 kHz
1 MHz
? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-30 MHz 29-54 / 108-174 / 380-512 MHz 29-54 / 108-174 / 406-512 / 806-823 / 851-868 / 896-1126 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AM   FM   AM   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity 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
? N-FM 20 dB S/N at 3 kHz deviation
29-54 MHz: 0.5 µV
137-512 MHz: 0.4 µV
806-956 MHz: 0.6 µV
AM 20 dB S/N at 60% modulation
108-137 MHz: 1.5 µV
Selectivity 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)
? 10 kHz @ -6 dB / 15 kHz @ -50 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 73.05 MHz
2nd: 8.83 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
? 380.7 / 10.85 MHz / 450 kHz
Image rejection 80 dB ? ?
Audio output 1.5 W at 10% distortion / 8 ohms ? 350 mW max

Transmitter

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

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8 V DC 7.2-9V DC (6×R6 / AA) 6V DC / 4×AA
Current RX 2 A 65 mA 70-180 mA max
TX 20.5 A - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 199x and 199x in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx Between 1998 and 200x
Dimensions 330 × 120 × 334 mm
(12.99 × 4.72 × 13.15 in)
64 × 149 × 45 mm
(2.52 × 5.87 × 1.77 in)
63 × 158 × 40 mm
(2.48 × 6.22 × 1.57 in)
Weight 11.00 kg (24.3 lbs) 250 gr (8.8 oz) 229 gr (8.1 oz)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Handheld

Other features

Memories 105 channels in 1 bank(s) 100 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 25 channels/second 150 channels in 5 bank(s) @ 50 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Digital Signal Processing (DSP)
CTCSS/PL
Built-in keyer
AIP
VOX
Dimmer
? Trunking scanner
Accessories ? ? -
MPN KENWOOD-TS-000850S RADIOSHACK-/-REALISTIC-PRO-000063 RADIOSHACK-/-REALISTIC-PRO-000091