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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile HF/VHF Transceiver
Headless Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? 0.01 / 0.1 / 1 / 5 / 10 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.15-30 MHz 0.03-56 MHz 0.1-30 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   FSK   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   All mode  
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
AM (10 dB S/N)
1.8-30 MHz: 2 µV
50-56 MHz: 1 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
28-30 MHz: 0.5 µV
50-56 MHz: 0.25 µV
SSB/CW (10 dB S/N)
1.8-30 MHz: 0.2 µV
50-56 MHz: 0.16 µV
0.3 µV CW/SSB 1-30 MHz (10 dB S+N/N)
0.64 µV AM (80% mod @ 1 kHz) 1-30 MHz (12 dB S+N/N)
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)
AM: 6 kHz (-6 dB), 20 kHz (-60 dB)
FM: 9 kHz (-6 dB), 25 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB/CW: 2.2 kHz (-6 dB), 4.5 kHz (-60 dB)
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Filters 250 / 500 Hz CW, 6 kHz AM (Optional) 10 kHz roofing 5 selectable from 34 built in
Receiver system Triple (FM) / Quadruple conversion superheterodyne ? Digital Signal Processing
IF-freqs. 1st: 45.05 MHz
2nd: 8.83 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
4th: 100 kHz
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Image rejection 80 dB (1.8-30 MHz) 70 dB > 60 dB
Audio output 1.5 W into 8 ohms ? 1 Watts at 4 Ohms

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m -
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   FSK   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   -
RF-output 250 W PEP, AM: 140W DC input 100 / 100 W ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 RCA (Tulip)
Impedance 20-150Ω 50 Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains (120 / 220 / 240 V AC) 13.8V DC +/-10% 11-13V DC 1.2 A or mains
Current RX 80 W 1 A (squelched) ?
TX 510 W max Max 22 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1985 and 19xx in Japan Between 2007 and 2010 Between 2004 and 200x in USA
Dimensions 401 × 141 × 350 mm
(15.79 × 5.55 × 13.78 in)
223 × 84 × 217 mm
(8.78 × 3.31 × 8.54 in)
159 × 76 × 165 mm
(6.26 × 2.99 × 6.50 in)
Weight 18.50 kg (40.8 lbs) 3.60 kg (7.9 lbs) 1.14 kg (2.5 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Headless

Other features

Memories 40 channels in 4 bank(s) 500 channels in 10 bank(s) 100 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Auto-AT option IF-DSP. IPO. VOX. CTCSS 10 KHz roofing filter. CW beacon feature. PBT
DSP
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 YAESU-FT-000450 TEN-TEC-RX-000320(D)