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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Dual band VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ? 2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? less than 100 Hz drift ?
Tuning steps ? 1 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.55 - 1.6 / 1.6 - 4.8 / 4.8 - 14.5 / 10.5 - 30 MHz 0.5-30 MHz 136-174 / 400-470 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   USB   LSB   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity Band A, B & C: <6 dB (10 dB S/N)
Band D: <18 dB (13 MHz), <10 dB (28 MHz)
? W-FM: 0.18 µV
FM: 0.22 µV
(12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity 10 kHz (-50 dB) ? 8 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. 455 kHz ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 136-174 / 400-470 MHz
Modulations - - FM   N-FM  
RF-output ? ? VHF: 45 W, UHF: 35 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains (110-120 / 220-240 V AC) Mains (115/230 V AC) 13.8V DC ±15%
Current RX 45 W ? ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1968 and 1969 in Japan Between 1968 and 1972 in USA Between 201x and 201x in China
Dimensions 381 × 178 × 254 mm
(15.00 × 7.01 × 10.00 in)
432 × 152 × 432 mm
(17.01 × 5.98 × 17.01 in)
160 × 43 × 137 mm
(6.30 × 1.69 × 5.39 in)
Weight 8.53 kg (18.8 lbs) 11.40 kg (25.2 lbs) 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? 128 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Bandspread on ham bands
ANL
AVC
Tubes
Solid state DTMF
CTCSS / DCS
Twin RX
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-000009R-59DS GALAXY-R-000530 BAOJIE-BJ-UV000055