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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile Transceiver
SmartSDR transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  11m (CB)  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  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. ? 0.5 p.p.m. TCXO
Tuning steps ? Channelized 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m + WARC 26.965-27.255 MHz 30 kHz – 54 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   DV  
Sensitivity 0.25 µV at 10 dB S+N/N ? ?
Selectivity SSB/CW wide
2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 3.6 kHz (-60 dB)
CW narrow
With YK-88C: 500 Hz (-6 dB), 1.5 kHz (-60 dB)
With YK-88CN: 270 Hz (-6 dB), 820 Hz (-60 dB)
With YG-455C: 500 Hz (-6 dB), 820 Hz (-60 dB)
With YG-455CN: 250 Hz (-6 dB), 500 Hz (-60 dB)
? ?
Filters 0.5 / 2.4 kHz ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? SDR, Direct Digital Sampling
IF-freqs. 1st: 8.83 MHz
2nd: 445 kHz
? ?
Image rejection > 60 dB ? ≥ 100 dB
Audio output 1.5 W @ 8 ohm ? 1W diagnostic speaker

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 26.965-27.255 MHz 160-6 m
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   DV  
RF-output 100 W max 3.5 W 1-100W SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, DIGITAL; 1-25W AM

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains ? 13.8V DC ± 15%
Current RX 295 W ? 2.0 A
TX 32 W ? 23 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 19xx Between 197x and 197x in Japan Between 2017 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 333 × 133 × 333 mm
(13.11 × 5.24 × 13.11 in)
123 × 44 × 185 mm
(4.84 × 1.73 × 7.28 in)
350 × 171 × 337 mm
(13.78 × 6.73 × 13.27 in)
Weight 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs) ? ?
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 12 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features VOX
ACG
ALC
RIT
Attenuator
Noise blanker
? 8" (20.3cm) touchscreen, 1920×1200 pixels)
HDMI connector for external display
SDR (Software Defined Radio)
Ethernet
Integrated Antenna Tuner
USB 2.0

Optional:
* GPS Disciplined Oscillator; 5x10-12 over 24 hours
* MARS/CAP Coverage Filter Bank
* ThumbDV module for D-Star mode
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TS-000830S LAFAYETTE-MICRO-000012 FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006600M