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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Portable Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile Dual-Band transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ? 2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous 0.1 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m + WWV 1.6-30 MHz 136-174 / 400-480 MHz
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   FM   N-FM   DMR  
Sensitivity 0.5 µV (10 dB S+N/N) 0.6 µV @ 10dB ≤ 0.2 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity SSB: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.2 kHz (-60 dB)
CW: 500 Hz (-6 dB), 1.5 kHz (-60 dB), with optionalo CW filter
? 12 / 30 kHz
Filters 500 Hz CW ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion superheterodyne ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 8.83 MHz ? 1st: 49.95 / 38.85 kHz
2nd: 450 kHz
Image rejection 50 dB ? ?
Audio output 1.5 W at 10% distortion / 8 ohms 150 mW @ 75 Ohm; 2 W @ 4 Ohm external loudspeaker 5 W @ 8 Ohm

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m 1.6-30 MHz 136-174 / 400-480 MHz
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   FM   N-FM   DMR  
RF-output SSB: ±10 W PEP (25 W PEP input)
CW: ±10 W DC (20 W DC input)
4/20 W 45-50 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 BNC + Proprietary (military) -
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 10-32 V DC 13.8V DC
Current RX 2 A 3 W 500 mA
TX 5 A 60 W 8.5 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1978 and 19xx in Japan Between 198x and 199x in Netherlands / UK by Philips / M.E.L. Between 2017 and 201x in China
Dimensions 241 × 94 × 235 mm
(9.49 × 3.70 × 9.25 in)
? ?
Weight 4.90 kg (10.8 lbs) ? 1.02 kg (2.3 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Portable Mobile

Other features

Memories 4 channels in 1 bank(s) 10 channels in 1 bank(s) 3000 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Vox
NB
RIT
Digital readout
Operational range: 30 ... 50 km
Watertight: 1 hour at 1 meter
CPU controlled
Built-in antenna tuner (ATU)
Speech processor
?
Accessories Antenna tuner
Ham clock, 24 hour type
High performance dynamic headphones, 8 ohms
Deluxe headphones, 8 ohms
Mobile mount
Dynamic hand microphone. 50 Kohm
Dynamic hand microphone. 500 ohms
Dynamic desk microphone. 500 ohms or 50 Kohm switchable
Regulated power supply. 13.8 V DC, 4.5 A
Regulated power supply. 13.8 V DC, 20 A
External speaker
External VFO
500 Hz CW narrow filter. IF: 8.83 MHz
? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TS-000120V PHILIPS-RT-002000 TYT-MD-009600