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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
HF/VHF Receiver
Dual band VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ? 6m  2m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? 10 Hz, variable speed

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m + WWV 0.15-30 / 87.5-108 MHz 69.9-70.5 (4m) / 50-52 (6m) MHz
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   AM   W-FM Stereo   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity 0.5 µV (10 dB S+N/N) ? MDS = -130 dbm
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
? 500 Hz to 4 kHz adjustable with the SCAF filters
Filters 500 Hz CW ? 15 kHz
Receiver system Single conversion superheterodyne ? Double conversion, down-converting design. Side-band elimination using phasing techniques with digitally generated Quadrature carriers and Image Reject Mixers preceded by 15 kHz crystal roofing filters.
IF-freqs. 8.83 MHz ? 1st: 10.7 MHz
2nd: 25 kHz
Image rejection 50 dB ? ?
Audio output 1.5 W at 10% distortion / 8 ohms ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m - 69.9-70.5 (4m) / 50-52 (6m) MHz
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   - CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output SSB: ±10 W PEP (25 W PEP input)
CW: ±10 W DC (20 W DC input)
? 20 Watts CW or PEP SSB

Connections

Antenna SO-239 Built-in ferrite bar + Built-in sweep -
Impedance 50Ω 50/300 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC Radio power: 6V DC (4xR6/AA) Memory backup: 3V DC (2xR6/AA) 11.5-14 V DC
Current RX 2 A ? ?
TX 5 A - 3.6 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1978 and 19xx in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2013 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 241 × 94 × 235 mm
(9.49 × 3.70 × 9.25 in)
190.5 × 152.4 × 38.1 mm
(7.50 × 6.00 × 1.50 in)
203 × 95 × 305 mm
(7.99 × 3.74 × 12.01 in)
Weight 4.90 kg (10.8 lbs) 680 gr (1.5 lbs) 1.80 kg (4.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Unknown Mobile

Other features

Memories 4 channels in 1 bank(s) 54 channels in 1 bank(s) 20 channels in 2 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Vox
NB
RIT
Digital readout
Dual time display. Sleep timer. Scanning Fully PC-controllable
10.7 MHz IF-signal output
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 SANGEAN-ATS-000808A NOBLE-RADIO-NR-000006N4