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Mobile VHF/UHF Transceiver
Portable Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  40m  15m  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ± 5 p.p.m. ? +/- 0.5 p.p.m. over operating temperature
Tuning steps ? ? 10, 100, 1000 Hz, speed sensitive, VFO Lock

Receiver

RX-range 136-524 / 800-1300 MHz (less cellular) 7-7.1 / 21-21.45 MHz 160-10 m except 60 and 12 m
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK  
Sensitivity Less than 0.16 µV (VHF/UHF) ? Typical receiver sensitivity: < 1 µV
SSB Better than 0.7uv (0.5 µV Typ), 2.4 kHz, 10 dB SINAD
AM : Better than 4 µV, (2.0 µV Typ) 30% Mod, 6 kHz BW, 10 dB SINAD
Selectivity -6 dB: More than 12 kHz
-40 dB: Less than 28 kHz
? ?
Filters ? ? 100 built-in DSP filters from 100 – 6000 Hz BW Standard 2.5 kHz roofing filter included
Receiver system Double Super Heterodyne ? DSP (Digital Signal Processing)
IF-freqs. 1st: 38.85 MHz (VHF), 45.05 (UHF)
2nd: 450 kHz (VHF), 455 kHz (UHF)
? 1st: 9.0018 MHz
2nd: 22.2 kHz
3rd: 0 Hz (DSP)
Image rejection ? ? 74 dB typical
Audio output ? ? 1.3 Watts into 8 ohm, <3% THD

Transmitter

TX-range 144-148 / 430-450 MHz 15 + 40m 160-10 m except 60 and 12 m
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK  
RF-output High: 50/35 W, Medium: 10/10 W, Low: 5/5 W 1/10 W 1 - 10 W

Connections

Antenna N-type SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 12-15 V DC 9.5-14 V DC
Current RX 1 A max ? 550 mA
TX 11.5 A max 3 A max 3 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 2000 and 200x in Singapore Between 1982 and 1986 in Japan Between 2011 and 20xx
Dimensions 140 × 40 × 195 mm
(5.51 × 1.57 × 7.68 in)
250 × 115 × 90 mm
(9.84 × 4.53 × 3.54 in)
165 × 57 × 193 mm
(6.50 × 2.24 × 7.60 in)
Weight 1.40 kg (3.1 lbs) 2.70 kg (6.0 lbs) incl. battery and antenna 1.63 kg (3.6 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Portable Mobile

Other features

Memories 200 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 100 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features APRS
Auto repeater offset
Band scope
Built-in TNC 1K2/9K6
DTMF hand mic
DX-info
Dual display
PBBS
Packet 1200/9600 TNC
Remote head
Skycommand System II
Twin RX
? Tri-color display
DSP
Noise Reduction / Noise Blanker
AGC
RIT / XIT
2 VFO displays
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TM-D000700A JRC-JST-000010 TEN-TEC-000539