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Base Station Amateur HF Receiver

General

HAM bands 2m  20m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ±2,5 p.p.m. (-20 °C bis +60 °C) ≤ 200 Hz per hour after warm-up ?
Tuning steps ? Continuous Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 144-146 MHz 20 m (14.20-14.35 MHz) 10-80 m
Modulations FM   USB   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD) 1 µV for 15 dB S/N ?
Selectivity 12 kHz (-6 dB)
30 kHz (-60 dB)
2.7 kHz @ -6 dB / 6 kHz @ -60 dB ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne Single conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 49.95 MHz
2nd: 450 kHz
2305 kHz ?
Image rejection ? 60 dB ?
Audio output 2 W 1 W into 8 ohm ?

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 MHz 20 m (14.20-14.35 MHz) -
Modulations FM   USB   -
RF-output High: 60 W, Medium: ? W, Low: ? W 200 W PEP ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - RCA (Tulip)
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC ? Mains
Current RX 1 A ? ?
TX 13 A max ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2003 and 200x Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 196x and 19xx in USA
Dimensions 160 × 43 × 137 mm
(6.30 × 1.69 × 5.39 in)
? 377 × 169 × 340 mm
(14.84 × 6.65 × 13.39 in)
Weight 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs) 5.44 kg (12.0 lbs) 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories ? None None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TM-000271E HEATHKIT-HW-000032 HEATHKIT-SB-000300