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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  6m 
Freq. stability ? ? ±2ppm
Tuning steps Continuous ? 5/6.25/10/12.5/25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.2-30 MHz 10-160 m VHF: 66-88 or 136-174 or 245-246 MHz
UHF: 300-350 or 350-390 or 400-470 or 450-520 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   CW   SSB   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity AM (10 dB S+N/N)
0.2-2 MHz: 20 µV
2-30 MHz: 2 µV
SSB (10 dB S+N/N)
0.2-2 MHz: 0.2-2 MHz: 5 µV
2-30 MHz: 0.5 µV
? 0.25µV
Selectivity AM Wide: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 25 kHz (-50 dB)
AM Narrow: 6 kHz (-6 dB), 18 kHz (-50 dB)
SSB/CW: 2.7 kHz (-6 dB), 5 kHz (-60 dB)
? 60dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 48.055 MHz
2nd: 455 KHz
? ?
Image rejection >60 dB ? ?
Audio output ? ? 500mW @ <3% THD

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m VHF: 66-88 or 136-174 or 245-246 MHz
UHF: 300-350 or 350-390 or 400-470 or 450-520 MHz
Modulations - CW   SSB   FM   N-FM  
RF-output ? 100 W VHF: 1W/5W, UHF: 1W/4W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - SMA
Impedance 50/1000Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains (12V DC option, DCK-1) 13.8V DC 7.4V DC
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1979 and 1985 in Japan Between 1980 and 19xx Between 200x and 20xx in China
Dimensions 300 × 115 × 218 mm
(11.81 × 4.53 × 8.58 in)
362 × 162 × 337 mm
(14.25 × 6.38 × 13.27 in)
62 × 105 × 39 mm
(2.44 × 4.13 × 1.54 in)
Weight 5.50 kg (12.1 lbs) 10.60 kg (23.4 lbs) 258 gr (9.1 oz)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories None ? 128 channels in bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features 12hr clock and timer ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-R-001000 SWAN-(CUBIC)-000102-BX WOUXUN-KG-000703E