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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld CB Transceiver
Mobile Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  11m (CB)  11m (CB) 
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 ? Channelized Channelized

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m + WARC 26.965-27.255 MHz 26.965-27.255 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   AM  
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 Single conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 8.83 MHz
2nd: 445 kHz
455 kHz ?
Image rejection > 60 dB ? ?
Audio output 1.5 W @ 8 ohm Internal speaker ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 26.965-27.255 MHz 26.965-27.255 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   AM  
RF-output 100 W max 1 W 3.5 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 Built-in telescopic -
Impedance 50/75Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - Headphones -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 12 V DC ?
Current RX 32 W ? ?
TX 295 W ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 19xx Between 1983 and 1987 Between 197x and 197x
Dimensions 333 × 133 × 333 mm
(13.11 × 5.24 × 13.11 in)
75 × 200 × 57 mm
(2.95 × 7.87 × 2.24 in)
152 × 50 × 192 mm
(5.98 × 1.97 × 7.56 in)
Weight 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs) 750 gr (1.7 lbs) 1.42 kg (3.1 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Mobile

Other features

Memories ? 4 channels in 1 bank(s) 23 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc) Citizen Band (27Mc)
Features VOX
ACG
ALC
RIT
Attenuator
Noise blanker
- ?
Accessories ? - ?
MPN KENWOOD-TS-000830M ZODIAC-P-002004C HANDIC-000235-DAN