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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop VHF Receiver
HF/VHF/UHF SDR-receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  2m  1.25m  70cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? 10 / 100 Hz / 1 / 10 / 100 kHz / 1 MHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m + WWV 152-174 MHz 0.5-30 / 64-260 / 437-512 MHz
(0.15-500 kHz with limitations)
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity 0.5 µV (10 dB S+N/N) ? HF: 0.125 µV (MDS)
108-150 MHz: 2.8 µV (12 dB SINAD)
UHF: 11.2-2.8 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity SSB: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.2 kHz (-60 dB)
CW: 500 Hz (-6 dB), 1.5 kHz (-60 dB), with optionalo CW filter
? HF: 500 Hz
108-150 MHz: 15 kHz
UHF: 15 kHz
Filters 500 Hz CW ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion superheterodyne ? DSP / Single / Double conversion
IF-freqs. 8.83 MHz ? ?
Image rejection 50 dB ? ?
Audio output 1.5 W at 10% distortion / 8 ohms ? 0.8 W into 8 ohms

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m - -
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   - -
RF-output SSB: ±10 W PEP (25 W PEP input)
CW: ±10 W DC (20 W DC input)
? ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 KOK1 (Motorola/DIN41585) BNC + Hi-Z
Impedance 50Ω 50/75Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC Mains or 12 V DC 6-18 V DC or internal Li-ion battery
Current RX 2 A 6 VA ?
TX 5 A - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1978 and 19xx in Japan Between 197x and 1971 Between 2013 and 20xx in USA by Aerostream
Dimensions 241 × 94 × 235 mm
(9.49 × 3.70 × 9.25 in)
? 143 × 62 × 155 mm
(5.63 × 2.44 × 6.10 in)
Weight 4.90 kg (10.8 lbs) ? 794 gr (1.8 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 4 channels in 1 bank(s) 2 channels in 1 bank(s) 64 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Vox
NB
RIT
Digital readout
? OLED-display, 1.5" (64*128 pixels)
I-Q sampling / 32-bit DSP
HF-Spectrum Scope
PC programmable
Mini-USB jack (software update and battery charging)
Accessories Antenna tuner
Ham clock, 24 hour type
High performance dynamic headphones, 8 ohms
Deluxe headphones, 8 ohms
Mobile mount
Dynamic hand microphone. 50 Kohm
Dynamic hand microphone. 500 ohms
Dynamic desk microphone. 500 ohms or 50 Kohm switchable
Regulated power supply. 13.8 V DC, 4.5 A
Regulated power supply. 13.8 V DC, 20 A
External speaker
External VFO
500 Hz CW narrow filter. IF: 8.83 MHz
? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TS-000120V 20-175 COMMRADIO-CR-000001