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HF Receiver
Desktop HF/VHF Transceiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 100 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 0.17-30 MHz 0.5-30 / 50-54 MHz 1.5-30 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? AM (10 dB S/N)
0.5-1.6 MHz: 39.8 µV
1.6-21.5 MHz: 2.5 µV
21.5-30 MHz: 1.78 µV
50-54 MHz: 1.58 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
21.5-30 MHz: 0.18 µV
50-54 MHz: 0.18 µV
SSB/CW (10 dB S+N/N)
0.5-1.6 MHz: 4 µV
1.6-21.5 MHz: 0.25 µV
21.5-30 MHz: 0.18 µV
50-54 MHz: 0.18 µV
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Selectivity ? AM
6 kHz (-6 dB), 18 kHz (-50 dB)
FM
12 kHz (-6 dB), 25 kHz (-50 dB)
SSB/CW
2.2 kHz (-6 dB), 4.4 kHz (-60 dB)
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 40.055 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
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Image rejection ? 50 dB ?
Audio output ? 1.5 W at 10% distortion / 8 ohms requires headphones / external speaker

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m 1.5-30 MHz
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? AM: 40 W, FM: 50 W, SSB/CW: 100 W 40 W, 25 W, 5 W (PEP)

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 BNC + Proprietary (military)
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC, mains or 8 x LR20 12-16 V DC 20-32V DC (28V nominal)
Current RX ? 1.5 A 30 W
TX - 20 A max 140 W

Physical

Manufactured Between 1976 and 1979 in Japan Between 1989 and 199x in Japan Between 197x and 20xx in MEL Communications Ltd in Crawley, England
Dimensions ? 270 × 96 × 270 mm
(10.63 × 3.78 × 10.63 in)
230 × 220 × 336 mm
(9.06 × 8.66 × 13.23 in)
Weight ? 6.10 kg (13.5 lbs) 26.00 kg (57.4 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? 31 channels in 3 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication
Features ? IF Shift
RIT
VFO Tuning Torque adjust
Multifunction meter
Speech processor
Numerous I/O jacks
RF attenuator
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-R-000300 KENWOOD-TS-000680S CLANSMAN-VRC-000321