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Mobile Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile 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 ? ? 2.5 p.p.m. (10 °C to +60 °C)
Tuning steps ? ? 5 / 6.25 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 136-156 / 150-174 MHz 0.5-30 MHz 118-174 / 230-550 MHz
Modulations FM   AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   N-FM   D-STAR  
Sensitivity ? SSB/CW
1.605-30 MHz; ≥ 0.5 µV for 12 dB SINAD (Preamp ON)

AM
0.5-1.605 MHz; ≥ 12.6 µV for 10 dB S/N (Preamp ON)
1.605-30 MHz; ≥ 2.0 µV for 10 dB S/N (Preamp ON)
AM (10 dB S/N)
118-136 MHz: 1 µV
230-260 MHz: 5.6 µV
260-375 MHz: 1.8 µV

FM/N-FM (12 dB SINAD)
137-144 MHz: 0.32 µV
144-146 MHz: 0.18 µV
146-174 MHz: 0.32 µV
230-260 MHz: 1.8 µV
260-400 MHz: 0.56 µV
400-430 MHz: 0.32 µV
430-440 MHz: 0.18 µV
440-500 MHz: 0.32 µV
500-550 MHz: 0.56 µV

DV (BER 1%)
144-146 MHz: 0.18 µV
430-440 MHz: 0.18 µV
Selectivity ? SSB/CW
2.1 kHz/-6 dB, 4.0 kHz/-60 dB

AM
6.0 kHz/-6 dB, 20 kHz/-60 dB
Wide: > 10 kHz/6 dB, < 30 kHz/60 dB
Narrow: > 6 kHz/6 dB, < 20 kHz/60 dB
DV: > 50 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 46.35 MHz
2nd: 450 kHz
Image rejection ? ≥ 70 dB 60 dB
Audio output ? ? 2.0 W at 10% distortion with an 8 ?

Transmitter

TX-range 136-156 / 150-174 MHz 1.605-2 / 3.5-4 / 5-8 / 9-30 MHz 144-148 / 430-450 MHz (USA)
144-146 / 430-440 MHz (EU)
Modulations FM   AM   CW   USB   LSB   FM   N-FM   D-STAR  
RF-output 45 W 5-100 W (AM 5-25 W) 50 / 15 / 5 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. ? 13.8V DC or mains 13.8 V DC ±15%
Current RX ? 1.3-2.1 A 1.2 A max
TX ? Max 20 A 13 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan Between 2017 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions ? 240 × 95 × 239 mm
(9.45 × 3.74 × 9.41 in)
150 × 40 × 172 mm
(5.91 × 1.57 × 6.77 in)
Weight ? 3.90 kg (8.6 lbs) 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? 50 channels in 1 bank(s) 1052 channels in 26 bank(s)
Usage Commercial / Land mobile communication Commercial / Land mobile communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Built-in GPS
Micro SD-card slot
D-Star repeater function
Speech synthesizer
Bluetooth option
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TK-000730 ICOM-IC-000077 ICOM-ID-004100A/E