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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop HF/VHF Transceiver
Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

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)  6m  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-30 MHz in four bands 0.5-30 / 50-54 MHz 140-170 / 350-400 / 850-950 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM  
Sensitivity ? AM (10 dB S/N)
0.5-1.6 MHz: 39.8 µV
1.6-21.5 MHz: 2.5 µV
21.5-30 MHz: 1.78 µV
50-54 MHz: 1.58 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
21.5-30 MHz: 0.18 µV
50-54 MHz: 0.18 µV
SSB/CW (10 dB S+N/N)
0.5-1.6 MHz: 4 µV
1.6-21.5 MHz: 0.25 µV
21.5-30 MHz: 0.18 µV
50-54 MHz: 0.18 µV
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Selectivity ? AM
6 kHz (-6 dB), 18 kHz (-50 dB)
FM
12 kHz (-6 dB), 25 kHz (-50 dB)
SSB/CW
2.2 kHz (-6 dB), 4.4 kHz (-60 dB)
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 40.055 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
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Image rejection ? 50 dB ?
Audio output ? 1.5 W at 10% distortion / 8 ohms ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m -
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   -
RF-output ? AM: 40 W, FM: 50 W, SSB/CW: 100 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 12-16 V DC 12V DC
Current RX ? 1.5 A ?
TX - 20 A max -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 1989 and 199x in Japan Between 199x and 199x
Dimensions 380 × 250 × 180 mm
(14.96 × 9.84 × 7.09 in)
270 × 96 × 270 mm
(10.63 × 3.78 × 10.63 in)
160 × 45 × 155 mm
(6.30 × 1.77 × 6.10 in)
Weight 9.30 kg (20.5 lbs) 6.10 kg (13.5 lbs) 650 gr (1.4 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories None 31 channels in 3 bank(s) 200 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 16 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? IF Shift
RIT
VFO Tuning Torque adjust
Multifunction meter
Speech processor
Numerous I/O jacks
RF attenuator
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-000009R-59 KENWOOD-TS-000680S YUPITERU-MVT-004000