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Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Portable VHF Transceiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 10m  6m  2m 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 15 p.p.m.
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 28-29.7 MHz 6 m 144-148 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   SSB   FM  
Sensitivity 0.25 µV (10 dB S/N) ? < 0.25 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? ? 12 kHz (-6 dB)
24 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 10.7 MHz 1st: 10.695 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
Image rejection 65 dB ? ?
Audio output ? ? > 1.5 W across 8 ohm with 5% distortion

Transmitter

TX-range 28-29.7 MHz 6 m 144-148 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   SSB   FM  
RF-output High: 25 W, Low: 5 W 1 / 1.5 W 5-45 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 + Built-in telescopic SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC +/- 15 % ? 13.8 V DC
Current RX 0.5-1 A ? 600 mA
TX Max 6 A ? 9.5 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1988 and 199x in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan (?) Between 198x and 198x
Dimensions 185 × 62 × 200 mm
(7.28 × 2.44 × 7.87 in)
? 180 × 60 × 215 mm
(7.09 × 2.36 × 8.46 in)
Weight 1.90 kg (4.2 lbs) ? 1.95 kg (4.3 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Portable Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? DCL
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN RADIOSHACK-REALISTIC-HTX-000100 KENWOOD-TR-001300 KENWOOD-TM-002550A