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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Linear Amplifier
Base Station Amateur Speaker

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  ? None 
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 ? ?
Modulations CW   SSB   - All mode  
Sensitivity 0.25 µV at 10 dB S+N/N ? ?
Selectivity SSB/CW wide
2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 3.6 kHz (-60 dB)
CW narrow
With YK-88C: 500 Hz (-6 dB), 1.5 kHz (-60 dB)
With YK-88CN: 270 Hz (-6 dB), 820 Hz (-60 dB)
With YG-455C: 500 Hz (-6 dB), 820 Hz (-60 dB)
With YG-455CN: 250 Hz (-6 dB), 500 Hz (-60 dB)
? ?
Filters 0.5 / 2.4 kHz ? ?
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 3.5-30 MHz ?
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   All mode  
RF-output 100 W max SSB/CW: 1000 W, AM: 800 W (both input) ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - -
Impedance 50/75Ω 50/500Ω ?
Other - - Clamps input
Tulip line out

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains None
Current RX 295 W ? ?
TX 32 W ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 19xx Between 1958 and 196x in USA Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan
Dimensions 333 × 133 × 333 mm
(13.11 × 5.24 × 13.11 in)
500 × 750 × 840 mm
(19.69 × 29.53 × 33.07 in)
?
Weight 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs) 57.00 kg (125.8 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features VOX
ACG
ALC
RIT
Attenuator
Noise blanker
? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TS-000830S E.F.-JOHNSON-VIKING-THUNDERBOLT KENWOOD-SP-000930