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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Multiband SSB Transceiver
HF/VHF/UHF/SHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  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. 100 Hz after 30 minutes warm up ?
Tuning steps ? Continuous 1 Hz to 999.999 kHz (2 Hz above 3 GHz)

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m + WARC 80-10 m 0.009-6000 MHz (not guaranteed below 40 kHz)
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   USB   AM   AM-sync   FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   TV  
Sensitivity 0.25 µV at 10 dB S+N/N ? AM (10 dB S/N, 6 kHz BPF)
0.04-0.05 MHz: 15 µV
0.05-0.06 MHz: 10 µV
0.06-0.07 MHz: 7 µV
0.08-0.1 MHz: 4 µV
0.1-25 MHz: 2 µV
25-2750 MHz: 1 µV
2750-3000 MHz: 1.7 µV
3000-3150 MHz: 4 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD, 15 kHz BPF)
25-2750 MHz: 0.4 µV
2750-3000 MHz: 0.6 µV
3000-3150 MHz: 0.6 µV
3150-4600 MHz: 0.5 µV
4600-5800 MHz: 0.7 µV
5800-6000 MHz: 1.5 µV
WFM (12 dB SINAD, 200 kHz BPF)
25-2750 MHz: 1.5 µV
2750-3000 MHz: 2.5 µV
3000-3150 MHz: 3.5 µV
SSB (10 dB S/N, 3 kHz BPF)
0.04-0.05 MHz: 6 µV
0.05-0.06 MHz: 4 µV
0.06-0.07 MHz: 3 µV
0.08-0.1 MHz: 1.5 µV
0.1-25 MHz: 0.7 µV
25-2750 MHz: 0.5 µV
2750-3000 MHz: 0.7 µV
3000-3150 MHz: 1.5 µV
Selectivity 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 3.6 kHz (-60 dB) 2.4 kHz @ -6 dB / 4.2 kHz @ -60 dB 200 Hz / 500 Hz / 3 kHz / 6 kHz / 15 kHz / 30 kHz / 100 kHz / 200 kHz / 300 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? Single (9 kHz-25 MHz) / double (25-220 MHz) / triple (220-360 MHz) conversion Down converter (3150-6000 MHz)
IF-freqs. 1st: 8.83 MHz
2nd: 445 kHz
? 1st: 1704.5 / 294.5 / 295 MHz
2nd: 45.05 / 294.5 / 45 MHz
3rd: 45.05 MHz
Image rejection > 60 dB 50 dB ?
Audio output 1.5 W @ 8 ohm 2 W @ 5% THD into 8 ohms ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 80-10 m -
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   USB   -
RF-output 100 W max 500 W PEP ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 N-type
Impedance 50/75Ω 50-75Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains 10-16 V DC
Current RX 32 W ? 200 - 1500 mA
TX 295 W 450 W -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 19xx Between 1982 and 19xx in Brazil Between 2013 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions 333 × 133 × 333 mm
(13.11 × 5.24 × 13.11 in)
398 × 360 × 180 mm
(15.67 × 14.17 × 7.09 in)
220 × 97 × 304 mm
(8.66 × 3.82 × 11.97 in)
Weight 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs) 12.50 kg (27.6 lbs) 3.50 kg (7.7 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? None 2000 channels in 40 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features VOX
ACG
ALC
RIT
Attenuator
Noise blanker
Digital display CTCSS/PL, DCS and DTMF-decoder
DSP with auto-notch and noise reduction
Dual watch (One frequency below 25 MHz and one above 25 MHz) or ±5 MHz offset RX (VHF/UHF only)
Five VFO's
RS-232C and USB
Real-time FFT spectrum display (400 kHz to 10 MHz width)
SD memory card slot for storing received audio and extended memory management
Video output
Voice inversion descrambler
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TS-000830M DELTA-DBR-000550-II AOR-AR-006000