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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  6m  2m  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m 
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 ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m (144-148 MHz / 50-54 MHz options) 10-160 m + WARC 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY  
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
?
Image rejection ? > 60 dB ?
Audio output ? 1.5 W @ 8 ohm ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations - AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY  
RF-output ? 100 W max FM/SSB/CW: 200 W, AM: 50 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 -
Impedance 50/75 Ω 50/75Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12-15V DC or mains Mains 13.8V DC or mains
Current RX Max 1 A @ 13.8 VDC 32 W ?
TX - 295 W ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 197x and 197x in Japan Between 1981 and 19xx Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions 270 × 140 × 310 mm
(10.63 × 5.51 × 12.20 in)
333 × 133 × 333 mm
(13.11 × 5.24 × 13.11 in)
?
Weight 5.70 kg (12.6 lbs) 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? VOX
ACG
ALC
RIT
Attenuator
Noise blanker
Twin RX
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-JR-000599-CS KENWOOD-TS-000830M YAESU-FT-001000