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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile Shortwave Transmitter
SDR HF/VHF Receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m  2000m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? Continuous 1 Hz - 1 MHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m + WARC - 50 kHz - 60 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? ? AM: 3.5 µV
SSB: 1.5 µV
CW: 0.8 µV
10 dB S+N/N, preamp on
Selectivity ? ? Software defined
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 70 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
3rd: 15 kHz
Image rejection ? ? 55 dB
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 80-10 m -
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   - -
RF-output Max 100 W 25 W ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 BNC + SO-239 + Hi-Z
Impedance 50 Ω 52-70Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC External PSU (6 or 12 V DC / 67.5 V DC, 275 V DC / 300~600 V DC) 11-15 V DC
Current RX ? - 500 mA max
TX ? ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 1958 and 1959 in USA Between 2005 and 201x in Italy
Dimensions ? 300 × 178 × 102 mm
(11.81 × 7.01 × 4.02 in)
200 × 60 × 190 mm
(7.87 × 2.36 × 7.48 in)
Weight 23.00 kg (50.7 lbs) ? 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Headless

Other features

Memories ? None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? USB 2.0
12 kHz output to PC sound card
ELAD software radio
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TS-000950S MORROW-MB-000565 ELAD-FDM-000077