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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld Aviation Receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  160m 
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 ? 9 / 10 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m + WARC 150-2194 kHz / 76-136 / 144-174 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   W-FM  
Sensitivity 0.25 µV at 10 dB S+N/N ?
Selectivity 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 3.6 kHz (-60 dB) ?
Filters ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 8.83 MHz
2nd: 445 kHz
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Image rejection > 60 dB ?
Audio output 1.5 W @ 8 ohm 400 mW

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC -
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   -
RF-output 100 W max -

Connections

Antenna SO-239 BNC + Built-in ferrite bar
Impedance 50/75Ω 50Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 6V DC (4 × LR6/AA or external adapter)
Current RX 32 W ?
TX 295 W -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 19xx Between 1984 and 1996 in Japan
Dimensions 333 × 133 × 333 mm
(13.11 × 5.24 × 13.11 in)
90 × 179 × 50 mm
(3.54 × 7.05 × 1.97 in)
Weight 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs) 590 gr (1.3 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 40 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features VOX
ACG
ALC
RIT
Attenuator
Noise blanker
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Accessories ? -
MPN KENWOOD-TS-000830M SONY-AIR-000008