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Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 11m (CB)  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ± 0,5 p.p.m. (-10 °C to + 50 °C) ? ± 2.5 p.p.m. @ 25 °C
Tuning steps ? Channelized 5 / 6.25 / 8.33 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 125 / 200 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-30 MHz 11m 0.52-1.710 / 76-108 / 108-174 / 380-479 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AM   AM   FM   N-FM   DV   GMSK  
Sensitivity SSB/CW/FSK:
4 µV (0.5 - 1.8 MHz)
0.25 µV (1.8 - 30.0 MHz)
AM:
32 µV (0.5 - 1.8 MHz)
2.5 µV (1.8 - 30.0 MHz)
1 µV FM/NFM: 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD)
DV: 0.28 µV (1% BER)
Selectivity SSB/CW/FSK:
2.2 kHz (-6 dB), 4.8 kHz (-60 dB)
AM:
5.0 kHz (-6 dB), 40 kHz (-60 dB)
? FM: 55 dB
NFM/DV: 50 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne tubes Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 46.355 / 61.655 MHz
2nd: 450 kHz
Image rejection 80 dB ? ≥ 60 dB
Audio output 3.5 W @ 10% THD 2 W ?

Transmitter

TX-range 1.8-30 MHz 11m 144-148 / 430-450 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AM   FM   N-FM   DV   GMSK  
RF-output SSB/CW/FSK: 5 / 25 / 50 / 100 W, AM: 5 / 25 W 5 W 0.1 / 0.5 / 2.5 / 5 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC ± 15% Mains 5.5-7.4 V DC (Alkaline or battery pack)10-16 V DC external
Current RX 1.2 A ? 200-450 mA
TX 20.5 A ? 2.5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 20xx and 20xx Between 1964 and 196x in USA Between 2012 and 2021 in Japan
Dimensions 179 × 60 × 276 mm
(7.05 × 2.36 × 10.87 in)
305 × 127 × 216 mm
(12.01 × 5.00 × 8.50 in)
58 × 105 × 26 mm
(2.28 × 4.13 × 1.02 in)
Weight 3.50 kg (7.7 lbs) ? 255 gr (9.0 oz) with BP-271 and antenna
Form factor Mobile Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 300 channels in 1 bank(s) 23 channels in 1 bank(s) 1304 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Commercial / Land mobile communication Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Illuminated S-Meter
Squelch control
D-Star concept
Built-in GPS with logging
CTCSS / DTCS
Micro SD card slot
128×104 dot-matrix display
Voice synthesizer
Voice memory
Voltage indicator
IPX7 waterproof
Twin RX
1150 mAh Li-Ion battery pack
CI-V interface
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TK-000090 LAFAYETTE-HE-000020C ICOM-ID-000051A