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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Dual band VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ≤ 10 p.p.m. ≤ 0.5 p.p.m. with TCXO-2 option ?
Tuning steps ? 10 / 100 Hz ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.55 - 1.6 / 1.6 - 4.8 / 4.8 - 14.5 / 10.5 - 30 MHz 0.1-30 MHz 136-174 / 400-470 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity Band A, B & C: <6 dB (10 dB S/N)
Band D: <18 dB (13 MHz), <10 dB (28 MHz)
SSB/CW (2.4 kHz): ≤ 0.25 µV
AM (6 kHz): ≤ 1 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD): ≤ 0.5 µV
W-FM: 0.18 µV
FM: 0.22 µV
(12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity 10 kHz (-50 dB) 2.4 kHz: 2.2 kHz @ -6 dB / 4.0 kHz @ -60 dB
2.0 kHz: 1.8 kHz @ -6 dB / 3.6 kHz @ -60 dB
500 Hz: 500 Hz @ -6 dB / 1.8 kHz @ -60 dB
250 Hz: 240 Hz @ -6 dB / 700 Hz @ -60 dB
W-AM: 6 kHz @ -6 dB / 15 kHz @ -60 dB
8 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? 500 Hz CW ?
Receiver system Single conversion superheterodyne Triple conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. 455 kHz 47.21 / 10.94 MHz / 455 kHz ?
Image rejection ? 80 dB or better ?
Audio output ? 2 W into 4 Ohm at 10% THD ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC 136-174 / 400-470 MHz
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   FM   N-FM  
RF-output ? 100 W (25 W AM) VHF: 45 W, UHF: 35 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50 (16.5-150)Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains (110-120 / 220-240 V AC) Mains 13.8V DC ±15%
Current RX 45 W 60 VA ?
TX - 470 VA ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1968 and 1969 in Japan Between 1991 and 19xx in Japan Between 201x and 201x in China
Dimensions 381 × 178 × 254 mm
(15.00 × 7.01 × 10.00 in)
368 × 129 × 370 mm
(14.49 × 5.08 × 14.57 in)
160 × 43 × 137 mm
(6.30 × 1.69 × 5.39 in)
Weight 8.53 kg (18.8 lbs) 13.00 kg (28.7 lbs) 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? 90 channels in 1 bank(s) 128 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Bandspread on ham bands
ANL
AVC
Tubes
? DTMF
CTCSS / DCS
Twin RX
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-000009R-59DS YAESU-FT-000990 BAOJIE-BJ-UV000055