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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Transmitter Exciter

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous Continuous Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 0.15-30 MHz 160-10 m + WWV -
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? Passband tuning from 300 to 2400 Hz ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Quadruple conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 44.93 MHz
2nd: 8.83 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
4th: 100 kHz
? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? Internal speaker ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160m + WARC 160-10 m 2-32 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   -
RF-output SSB: 250 W, AM: 25 W, FSK: 80 W SSB/CW: 100 W, AM/FM: 80 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC or mains Mains
Current RX ? ? -
TX ? ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1982 and 198x in Japan Between 197x and 19xx Between 195x and 196x in USA
Dimensions ? 342 × 154 × 324 mm
(13.46 × 6.06 × 12.76 in)
480 × 230 × 405 mm
(18.90 × 9.06 × 15.94 in)
Weight ? 18.00 kg (39.7 lbs) 11.80 kg (26.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None None None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy
Features Auto-AT option ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TS-000930S YAESU-FT-000901DM TMC-SBE-000002