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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  6m  10m  ? ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m (2m & 6m options) 15 m 0.3-18 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   - AM   CW  
Sensitivity AM (10 dB S+N/N):
1.8-28 MHz: 1.5 µV
50 MHz: 3 µV
144 MHz: 3 µV
SSB (10 dB S+N/N):
1.8-28 MHz: 0.25 µV
50 MHz: 0.5 µV
144 MHz: 0.5 µV
0.25µV typical for 10 dB S/N ?
Selectivity AM: 5 kHz (-6 dB), 12 kHz (60 dB)
FM: 20 kHz (-6 dB), 120 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.4 kHz (-60 dB)
CW: 500 Hz (-6 dB), 1.5 kHz (-60 dB)
4 pole crystal ladder filter (1 kHz nominal bandwidth) ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Single conversion superhet, JFET mixer ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection >50 dB ? ?
Audio output ? 300 mW @ 4 ohms. Built-in 4" speaker in top of cabinet. ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 15 m -
Modulations - - -
RF-output ? 3W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 12-15V DC or mains 12-14V DC Mains
Current RX Max 1 A 35-80mA ?
TX - 800mA -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1976 and 1979 in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx Between 193x and 194x in USA
Dimensions 270 × 140 × 310 mm
(10.63 × 5.51 × 12.20 in)
152 × 70 × 152 mm
(5.98 × 2.76 × 5.98 in)
?
Weight 5.70 kg (12.6 lbs) 1.02 kg (2.3 lbs) 27.25 kg (60.1 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-R-000599D TEN-TEC-001315 NATIONAL-COMPANY-NC-000156