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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
HF Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability Withing 1 kHz during the first hour after 1 minute of warm up. Withing 100 Hz during any 30 minute period after warm up. ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m + WARC 10-160 m 136-162 MHz
146-174 MHz
403-433 MHz
438-470 MHz
465-495 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   CW   SSB   FM  
Sensitivity 0.25 µV at 10 dB S+N/N ? ?
Selectivity SSB/CW wide
2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 3.6 kHz (-60 dB)
CW narrow
With YK-88C: 500 Hz (-6 dB), 1.5 kHz (-60 dB)
With YK-88CN: 270 Hz (-6 dB), 820 Hz (-60 dB)
With YG-455C: 500 Hz (-6 dB), 820 Hz (-60 dB)
With YG-455CN: 250 Hz (-6 dB), 500 Hz (-60 dB)
? ?
Filters 0.5 / 2.4 kHz ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 8.83 MHz
2nd: 445 kHz
? ?
Image rejection > 60 dB ? > 70 dB
Audio output 1.5 W @ 8 ohm ? Internal speaker

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 10-160 m 136-162 MHz
146-174 MHz
403-433 MHz
438-470 MHz
465-495 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   CW   SSB   FM  
RF-output 100 W max 100 W 5 W max

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 Proprietary
Impedance 50/75Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains 7.5V DC NiCad battery
Current RX 295 W ? ?
TX 32 W ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 19xx Between 19xx and 19xx Between 199x and 199x
Dimensions 333 × 133 × 333 mm
(13.11 × 5.24 × 13.11 in)
304.8 × 152.4 × 406.4 mm
(12.00 × 6.00 × 16.00 in)
59 × 140 × 40 mm
(2.32 × 5.51 × 1.57 in)
Weight 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs) 10.21 kg (22.5 lbs) 509 gr (1.1 lbs) with battery
Form factor Base Station Unknown Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 4 channels in 1 bank(s) 16 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Commercial / Land mobile communication
Features VOX
ACG
ALC
RIT
Attenuator
Noise blanker
? CTCSS/PL or Select 5/5-tone CCIR
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TS-000830S NATIONAL-/-PANASONIC-RJX-000810D MOTOROLA-GP-000300