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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
VHF Transceiver
VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  2m  2m 
Freq. stability Within 100 Hz after warm up ? ±300 Hz / hour after warm-up
Tuning steps ? ? Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 + WWV m 144-146 MHz 144-146 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity 0.25 µV for 10 dB S/N ? ?
Selectivity 2.4 kHz @ -6 dB / 4.2 kHz @ -60 dB ? AM/SSB
5 kHz @ -3 dB, 16 kHz @ -60 dB
FM
17 kHz @ -3 dB, 46 kHz @ -60 dB
Filters - ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? 80 dB
Audio output 1.5 W (8 ohm / 10% THD) ? 2.4 W into 4 Ohm

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m 144-146 MHz 144-146 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB  
RF-output Max 100 W ? AM/SSB: 25 W (PEP), FM: 15 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 60 Ω 60Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8 V DC (12-16 V DC) 12V DC or mains 12V DC or mains
Current RX 700 mA ? ?
TX 18 A max ? Max 7 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1979 and 19xx in Japan Between 197x and 197x in W.Germany Between 197x and 197x in West-Germany
Dimensions 241 × 94 × 235 mm
(9.49 × 3.70 × 9.25 in)
? 260 × 260 × 120 mm
(10.24 × 10.24 × 4.72 in)
Weight 5.60 kg (12.4 lbs) ? 5.70 kg (12.6 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Unknown Mobile

Other features

Memories None ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Vox, NB, RIT, Digital readout ? Repeater offset
S-meter
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TS-000120S SEMCOSET-SEMCO-SSB SEMCOSET-SEMCO-TERZO-(ANALOG)