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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver
Base Station Amateur Speaker

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  2m  None 
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. ±2,5 p.p.m. (-20 °C bis +60 °C) ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m + WARC 144-146 MHz ?
Modulations CW   SSB   FM   All mode  
Sensitivity 0.25 µV at 10 dB S+N/N 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD) ?
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)
12 kHz (-6 dB)
30 kHz (-60 dB)
?
Filters 0.5 / 2.4 kHz ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 8.83 MHz
2nd: 445 kHz
1st: 49.95 MHz
2nd: 450 kHz
?
Image rejection > 60 dB ? ?
Audio output 1.5 W @ 8 ohm 2 W ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 144-146 MHz ?
Modulations CW   SSB   FM   All mode  
RF-output 100 W max High: 60 W, Medium: ? W, Low: ? W ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 -
Impedance 50/75Ω 50 Ω ?
Other - - Clamps input
Tulip line out

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC None
Current RX 295 W 1 A ?
TX 32 W 13 A max ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 19xx Between 2003 and 200x Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan
Dimensions 333 × 133 × 333 mm
(13.11 × 5.24 × 13.11 in)
160 × 43 × 137 mm
(6.30 × 1.69 × 5.39 in)
?
Weight 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs) 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features VOX
ACG
ALC
RIT
Attenuator
Noise blanker
? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TS-000830S KENWOOD-TM-000271E KENWOOD-SP-000930