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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Amateur Base Station Antenna tuner

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 9 / 10 / 100 / 1000 Hz Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.05-35 MHz 0.15-1.5 MHz in 4 bands 1.8-54 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   CW   All mode  
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: 2.5 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
21.5-30 MHz: 0.35 µV
SSB/CW (10 dB S+N/N)
0.5-1.6 MHz: 4 µV
1.6-30 MHz: 0.25 µV
? ?
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)
? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne Superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 40.055 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
? ?
Image rejection -50 dB ? ?
Audio output 1.5 W at 10% distortion / 8 ohms Requires high-Z headphones or external speaker LS-3 ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC - 1.8-54 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   - All mode  
RF-output AM: Max 40 W, FM: Max 50 W, SSB/CW: Max 100 W ? ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 12-16 V DC ? 12-14 V DC
Current RX 1.5 A ? < 500 mA
TX 20 A max - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1987 and 199x in Japan Between 1936 and 1945 in USA Between 202x and 20xx in China
Dimensions 270 × 96 × 270 mm
(10.63 × 3.78 × 10.63 in)
460 × 254 × 231 mm
(18.11 × 10.00 × 9.09 in)
200 × 40 × 130 mm
(7.87 × 1.57 × 5.12 in)
Weight 6.10 kg (13.5 lbs) 27.90 kg (61.6 lbs) 800 gr (1.8 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 31 channels in 1 bank(s) None 16000 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features IF Shift
RIT
VFO Tuning Torque adjust
Multifunction meter
Speech processor
Numerous I/O jacks
RF attenuator
BFO ?
Accessories ? LS-3 external speaker ?
MPN KENWOOD-TS-000140S MILITARY-BC-000344 MAT-TUNER-MAT-M000030