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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Headless HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ? 2m  70cm 
Freq. stability Within 100 Hz after warm up ±1 p.p.m. (0 - 50 °C) ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps ? 10 Hz increments between 100 Hz and 100 kHz 5 / 6.25 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 + WWV m 25 MHz - 3 GHz 0.15-30 / 65-220 / 400-520 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   S-FM   N-FM   W-FM   AM   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity 0.25 µV for 10 dB S/N 25-225 MHz
N-FM: 0.35 µV (12 dB SINAD)
AM: 0.6 µV (10 dB S/N)
N-FM: 2.0 µV (12 dB SINAD)
**225-1700 MHz
N-FM: 0.35 µV (12 dB SINAD)
AM: 0.8 µV (10 dB S/N)
N-FM: 2.0 µV (12 dB SINAD)
1.7-2.7 GHz
N-FM: 0.6 µV (12 dB SINAD)
2.7-3.0GHz
N-FM: 1.5 µV (12 dB SINAD)
< 0.2µV (12dB SINAD)
Selectivity 2.4 kHz @ -6 dB / 4.2 kHz @ -60 dB N-FM +/-10 kHz 60 dB
AM/S-FM +/-6 kHz 60 dB
W-FM +/-180 kHz 60 dB
12.5 kHz < -60 dB
25 kHz < -70 dB
Filters - 6 kHz, 15 kHz, 300 kHz ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 255.3 / 744.3 MHz
2nd: 10.7 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
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Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 1.5 W (8 ohm / 10% THD) 2W (8 Ohm) max.@ 10% distortion (no internal speaker!) ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m - 2 m / 70 cm
Modulations CW   SSB   - FM   N-FM  
RF-output Max 100 W ? 5-50 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8 V DC (12-16 V DC) 12 - 16V DC 13.8 V DC ±15%
Current RX 700 mA 500 mA 500 mA
TX 18 A max - 9 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1979 and 19xx in Japan Between 2006 and 20xx in Japan Between 2010 and 201x in China
Dimensions 241 × 94 × 235 mm
(9.49 × 3.70 × 9.25 in)
203 × 30 × 228 mm
(7.99 × 1.18 × 8.98 in)
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Weight 5.60 kg (12.4 lbs) 1.80 kg (4.0 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Headless Mobile

Other features

Memories None 1000 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 25 channels/second 999 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Vox, NB, RIT, Digital readout RS-232 and USB computer interface (19200 bps)
10.7 MHz IF OUT
DTMF-mic
Detachable front panel
Called ID
Twin RX
Cross-band repeater
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TS-000120S AOR-SR-002200 LUTHOR-TLM-000007