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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile VHF/UHF Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2m  70cm  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 2.5 p.p.m. @ 25 °C
Tuning steps ? ? 5 / 6.25 / 8.33 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 125 / 200 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.55 - 1.6 / 1.6 - 4.8 / 4.8 - 14.5 / 10.5 - 30 MHz 144-146 / 430-440 MHz (Europe) 0.52-1.710 / 76-108 / 108-174 / 380-479 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   FM   AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   DV   GMSK  
Sensitivity Band A, B & C: <6 dB (10 dB S/N)
Band D: <18 dB (13 MHz), <10 dB (28 MHz)
0.17 µV (12 dB SINAD) FM/N-FM: 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD)
DV: 0.28 µV (1% BER)
Selectivity 10 kHz (-50 dB) 14 kHz (-6 dB), 28 kHz (-60 dB) FM: 55 dB
N-FM/DV: 50 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion superheterodyne ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 455 kHz ? 1st: 46.355 / 61.655 MHz
2nd: 450 kHz
Image rejection ? >70 dB ≥ 60 dB
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-146 / 430-440 MHz (Europe) 144-148 / 430-450 MHz
Modulations - FM   FM   N-FM   DV   GMSK  
RF-output ? High: 25/25 W, Low: 5/5 W 0.1 / 0.5 / 2.5 / 5 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains (110-120 / 220-240 V AC) 13.8V DC +/- 15% 5.5-7.4 V DC (Alkaline or battery pack)10-16 V DC external
Current RX 45 W 600 mA (no input signal) 200-450 mA
TX - Max 7.5 A 2.5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1968 and 1969 in Japan Between 1983 and 19xx Between 2016 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions 381 × 178 × 254 mm
(15.00 × 7.01 × 10.00 in)
161 × 60 × 217 mm
(6.34 × 2.36 × 8.54 in)
58 × 105 × 26 mm
(2.28 × 4.13 × 1.02 in)
Weight 8.53 kg (18.8 lbs) 2.00 kg (4.4 lbs) 255 gr (9.0 oz) with BP-271 and antenna
Form factor Base Station Mobile Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 10 channels in 1 bank(s) 1304 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
? D-Star concept
Built-in GPS with logging
CTCSS / DTCS
Micro SD card slot
128×104 dot-matrix display
Voice synthesizer
Voice memory
Voltage indicator
IPX7 waterproof
Twin RX
Li-Ion battery pack
CI-V interface
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-000009R-59DS KENWOOD-TW-004000 ICOM-ID-000051A-PLUS2