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General

HAM bands 2m  ? 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? Withing 1 kHz during the first hour after 1 minute of warm up. Withing 100 Hz during any 30 minute period after warm up.
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 144-146 MHz 0.01-30 MHz 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? 0.25 µV at 10 dB S+N/N
Selectivity ? ? 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 3.6 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 8.83 MHz
2nd: 445 kHz
Image rejection ? ? > 60 dB
Audio output ? ? 1.5 W @ 8 ohm

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 MHz - 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   - AM   CW   SSB  
RF-output High: 25 W, Low: 5 W ? 100 W max

Connections

Antenna - - SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 60 Ω 50/75Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC Mains Mains
Current RX ? ? 32 W
TX ? - 295 W

Physical

Manufactured Between 1982 and 19xx Between 198x and 198x (late eighties) in Germany Between 1981 and 19xx
Dimensions ? 448 × 153 × 470 mm
(17.64 × 6.02 × 18.50 in)
333 × 133 × 333 mm
(13.11 × 5.24 × 13.11 in)
Weight ? 23.00 kg (50.7 lbs) 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs)
Form factor Unknown Unknown Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? VOX
ACG
ALC
RIT
Attenuator
Noise blanker
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TR-009130 SIEMENS-CHR000531 KENWOOD-TS-000830M