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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  None  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  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. ? +/- 0.5 p.p.m. over operating temperature
Tuning steps ? Continuous 10, 100, 1000 Hz, speed sensitive, VFO Lock

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m + WARC 150-4500 kHz in 4 bands 160-10 m except 60 and 12 m
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   CW   AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK  
Sensitivity 0.25 µV at 10 dB S+N/N ? Typical receiver sensitivity: < 1 µV
SSB Better than 0.7uv (0.5 µV Typ), 2.4 kHz, 10 dB SINAD
AM : Better than 4 µV, (2.0 µV Typ) 30% Mod, 6 kHz BW, 10 dB SINAD
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 ? 100 built-in DSP filters from 100 – 6000 Hz BW Standard 2.5 kHz roofing filter included
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? DSP (Digital Signal Processing)
IF-freqs. 1st: 8.83 MHz
2nd: 445 kHz
? 1st: 9.0018 MHz
2nd: 22.2 kHz
3rd: 0 Hz (DSP)
Image rejection > 60 dB ? 74 dB typical
Audio output 1.5 W @ 8 ohm ? 1.3 Watts into 8 ohm, <3% THD

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC - 160-10 m except 60 and 12 m
Modulations CW   SSB   - AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK  
RF-output 100 W max ? 1 - 10 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 12/24 V DC, 110/220 V AC 9.5-14 V DC
Current RX 295 W ? 550 mA
TX 32 W - 3 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 19xx Between 19xx and 19xx in Denmark Between 2011 and 20xx
Dimensions 333 × 133 × 333 mm
(13.11 × 5.24 × 13.11 in)
350 × 230 × 180 mm
(13.78 × 9.06 × 7.09 in)
165 × 57 × 193 mm
(6.50 × 2.24 × 7.60 in)
Weight 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs) 9.00 kg (19.9 lbs) 1.63 kg (3.6 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? 100 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features VOX
ACG
ALC
RIT
Attenuator
Noise blanker
35 crystal controlled frequencies
23 in the 1600-4200 kHz range
12 in the 4.0-9.0 MHz range
Tri-color display
DSP
Noise Reduction / Noise Blanker
AGC
RIT / XIT
2 VFO displays
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TS-000830S SAILOR-R000110 TEN-TEC-000539