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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 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 + WARC 150-350 / 550-1500 kHz / 1.5-22 / 88-108 MHz 160-10 m + WARC
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   CW   SSB  
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 Single conversion ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 8.83 MHz
2nd: 445 kHz
465 kHz ?
Image rejection > 60 dB ? ?
Audio output 1.5 W @ 8 ohm 0.75 W ?

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50/75Ω 75/400Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 6×U2 (1.5V) battery cells Mains
Current RX 32 W ? ?
TX 295 W - 295 W

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 19xx Between 196x and 197x in Great Britain (Birmingham) Between 1981 and 19xx
Dimensions 333 × 133 × 333 mm
(13.11 × 5.24 × 13.11 in)
317 × 162 × 203 mm
(12.48 × 6.38 × 7.99 in)
333 × 133 × 333 mm
(13.11 × 5.24 × 13.11 in)
Weight 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs) ? 12.80 kg (28.2 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features VOX
ACG
ALC
RIT
Attenuator
Noise blanker
AFC ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TS-000830M EDDYSTONE-EB-000035-MK-II KENWOOD-TS-000530SP