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Desktop Shortwave receiver
HF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.55 - 1.6 / 1.6 - 4.8 / 4.8 - 14.5 / 10.5 - 30 MHz 10-80 m + WWV 15.0 MHz 160-10 m + WARC
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   CW   SSB   FSK   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity Band A, B & C: <6 dB (10 dB S/N)
Band D: <18 dB (13 MHz), <10 dB (28 MHz)
0.5 µV (10 dB (S+N)/N) ?
Selectivity 10 kHz (-50 dB) SSB/FSK: 2.2 kHz (-6 dB), 4.4 kHz (-60 dB)
CW: 0.5 kHz (-6 dB), 1.5 kHz (-60 dB) with optional CW filter
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. 455 kHz ? ?
Image rejection ? 50 dB ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-80 m + WWV 15.0 MHz 160-10 m + WARC
Modulations - CW   SSB   FSK   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? SSB: 300 W (PEP input), CW: 200 W (input), FSK: 100 W (input) Max 100 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains (110-120 / 220-240 V AC) Mains Mains
Current RX 45 W ? ?
TX - ? 295 W

Physical

Manufactured Between 1968 and 1969 in Japan Between 197x and 197x in Japan Between 1981 and 19xx
Dimensions 381 × 178 × 254 mm
(15.00 × 7.01 × 10.00 in)
320 × 140 × 320 mm
(12.60 × 5.51 × 12.60 in)
333 × 133 × 333 mm
(13.11 × 5.24 × 13.11 in)
Weight 8.53 kg (18.8 lbs) 12.00 kg (26.5 lbs) 12.80 kg (28.2 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Unknown Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Bandspread on ham bands
ANL
AVC
Tubes
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-000009R-59DS KENWOOD-TS-000900 KENWOOD-TS-000530SP