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Handheld UHF Transceiver
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General

HAM bands 70cm  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 440-450 MHz 144-146 MHz 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations FM   AM   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 ? 25 dB > 60 dB
Audio output ? 1 W 1.5 W @ 8 ohm

Transmitter

TX-range 440-450 MHz 144-146 MHz 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations FM   AM   AM   CW   SSB  
RF-output High: 1 W, Low: 150 mW 3 W PEP ±20% 100 W max

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. ?V DC 18V DC (4 × 4.5 V batteries) Mains
Current RX ? 55 mA max 32 W
TX ? 125 mA max 295 W

Physical

Manufactured Between 1984 and 198x Between 1966 and 196x in W. Germany Between 1981 and 19xx
Dimensions 57 × 120 × 28 mm
(2.24 × 4.72 × 1.10 in)
186 × 80 × 126 mm
(7.32 × 3.15 × 4.96 in)
333 × 133 × 333 mm
(13.11 × 5.24 × 13.11 in)
Weight 260 gr (9.2 oz) with batteries 2.20 kg (4.9 lbs) including batteries 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Portable Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Optional TU-6 CTCSS encoder ? VOX
ACG
ALC
RIT
Attenuator
Noise blanker
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TH-000041AT SEMCOSET-SEMCO KENWOOD-TS-000830M