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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld Transceiver
Mobile CB Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  11m (CB)  11m (CB) 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? Channelized Channelized

Receiver

RX-range 0.55 - 1.6 / 1.6 - 4.8 / 4.8 - 14.5 / 10.5 - 30 MHz 26.875-27.265 MHz 26.965-27.405 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   - AM  
Sensitivity Band A, B & C: <6 dB (10 dB S/N)
Band D: <18 dB (13 MHz), <10 dB (28 MHz)
? ?
Selectivity 10 kHz (-50 dB) ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. 455 kHz ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 26.875-27.265 MHz 26.965-27.405 MHz
Modulations - - AM  
RF-output ? 4.5 W 4 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains (110-120 / 220-240 V AC) ? 13.8 V DC
Current RX 45 W ? ?
TX - ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1968 and 1969 in Japan Between 199x and 199x Between 1980 and 198x in USA
Dimensions 381 × 178 × 254 mm
(15.00 × 7.01 × 10.00 in)
210 × 56 × 165 mm
(8.27 × 2.20 × 6.50 in)
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Weight 8.53 kg (18.8 lbs) 2.00 kg (4.4 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Handheld Mobile

Other features

Memories ? 120 channels in 1 bank(s) 40 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc) Citizen Band (27Mc)
Features Bandspread on ham bands
ANL
AVC
Tubes
AM/FM ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-000009R-59DS MIDLAND/ALAN-000068S PRESIDENT-AR-000014