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

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2m  70cm  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.55 - 1.6 / 1.6 - 4.8 / 4.8 - 14.5 / 10.5 - 30 MHz 118-136 / 136-174 / 400-480 MHz 25-550 / 760-1300 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   AM   FM   W-FM  
Sensitivity Band A, B & C: <6 dB (10 dB S/N)
Band D: <18 dB (13 MHz), <10 dB (28 MHz)
0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD)
(VHF sub-band: <0.28 µV for 12 dB SINAD)
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Selectivity 10 kHz (-50 dB) 12 kHz (-6 dB), 28 kHz (-40 dB) ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion superheterodyne ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 455 kHz ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 320 mW

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-146 / 430-440 MHz -
Modulations - FM   -
RF-output ? High: 2.5-6 / 2.2-6 W (depending on voltage), Low: 0.5 / 0.5 W, El: 50 / 50 mW ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains (110-120 / 220-240 V AC) 6 or 9 V battery pack or 5.5-16V DC external 13.8V DC ext or NiCd int.
Current RX 45 W 25-115 mA (depending on configuration) Max 700 mA
TX - 300 mA-1.7 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1968 and 1969 in Japan Between 200x and 2007 in Japan Between 1995 and 200x
Dimensions 381 × 178 × 254 mm
(15.00 × 7.01 × 10.00 in)
54 × 1195 × 437 mm
(2.13 × 47.05 × 17.20 in)
176 × 61 × 167 mm
(6.93 × 2.40 × 6.57 in)
Weight 8.53 kg (18.8 lbs) 380 gr (13.4 oz) with PB-39 1.33 kg (2.9 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 200 channels in 1 bank(s) 400 channels in 20 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Bandspread on ham bands
ANL
AVC
Tubes
Alpha tags. Built-in 1200/9600bd TNC. APRS. Trunktracker III, tracks Motorola, EDACS and LTR systems
SAME Weather alert
CTCSS / DCS
PC programmable
Auto-store
Search lockout
Attenuator
Data skip
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-000009R-59DS KENWOOD-TH-D000007E(2.0) UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC003000XLT