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Mobile UHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
3 Band QRP CW Transceiver

General

HAM bands 70cm  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  6m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 10 / 100 Hz, 1 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 430-440 MHz 10-160 m + WARC 5-16 MHz
Modulations All mode   AM   FM   CW   SSB   CW   USB  
Sensitivity SSB/CW: Better than 0.11 µV (10 dB S+N/N)
FM: Better than 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD)
? ?
Selectivity SSB/CW: 2.2 kHz (-6 dB), 4.8 kHz (-60 dB)
FM: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 24 kHz (-60 dB)
? 4 crystal filter, SSB bandwidth of about 2.2-1.6KHz four selectable bandwidth, CW bandwidth of about 900-400Hz four selectable bandwidth
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? 400 Hz - 3 kHz
Image rejection Better than 60 dB ? ?
Audio output ? ? 8 ohm load about 0.1W

Transmitter

TX-range 430-440 MHz 10-160 m + WARC 7.0-7.3 / 10.1-10.15 / 14.0-14.35 MHz
20 / 30 / 40 m
Modulations All mode   AM   FM   CW   SSB   CW  
RF-output High: 25 W, Low: 5 W Max 100 W 4 W max @ 13.8 V

Connections

Antenna N-type SO-239 BNC
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 11-16V DC 13.8V DC 8 × AA batteries or 9-14 V DC
Current RX Max 1 A ? 55 mA
TX Max 7.5 A ? 550-950 mA

Physical

Manufactured Between 198x and 19xx Between 19xx and 19xx Between 201x and 201x
Dimensions 180 × 60 × 215 mm
(7.09 × 2.36 × 8.46 in)
? 140 × 95 × 35 mm
(5.51 × 3.74 × 1.38 in)
Weight 2.50 kg (5.5 lbs) 23.00 kg (50.7 lbs) 500 gr (1.1 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 10 channels in 1 bank(s) ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? DDS circuit with 50MHz reference frequency
1602 LCD
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TR-000851A KENWOOD-TS-000950S YOUKITS-HB-000001A