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Mobile VHF Transceiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? within ± 150 Hz ?
Tuning steps 5 / 25 kHz 0.1 kHz Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 144-146 MHz 0.5-30 MHz 10-80 m
Modulations FM   AM   CW   USB   LSB   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? 0.5-2 MHz
SSB/CW: 4 µV
AM: 15 µV

2-30 MHz
SSB/CW: 0.4 µV
AM: 1.5 µV
15-160 m: 0.4 µV (10 dB S/N)
10 m: 0.6 µV (10 dB S/N)
Selectivity ? 2.4 kHz (-6 dB)
5.0 kHz (-60 dB)
2.7 kHz (-6 dB) / 4.3 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne Single conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 45.055 MHz
2nd: 10.7 MHz
5.52 MHz
Image rejection ? ? 60 dB
Audio output ? ? 2 W / 3.2 ohms

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 MHz 2-30 MHz 10-80 m
Modulations FM   AM   CW   USB   LSB   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output High: 25 W, Low: 5 W SSB/CW: 5/10 W, AM: 2/4 W 50-100 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8V DC 13.8 V DC
Current RX 400 mA 0.5 A 300-500 mA
TX Max 5.5 A 3.3 A max 16 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 19xx in Japan Between 198x and 19xx in Japan Between 1975 and 1979 in USA
Dimensions 147 × 51 × 198 mm
(5.79 × 2.01 × 7.80 in)
87 × 242 × 277 mm
(3.43 × 9.53 × 10.91 in)
240 × 90 × 250 mm
(9.45 × 3.54 × 9.84 in)
Weight 1.50 kg (3.3 lbs) 3.50 kg (7.7 lbs) 3.10 kg (6.8 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories 5 channels in 1 bank(s) ? None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? 100 kHz calibrator
Dimmer
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TR-007700 YAESU-FT-000070 ATLAS-000210