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Desktop HF/VHF Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver
3 Band QRP CW Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  2m  70cm  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  6m 
Freq. stability ? ± 2.5 p.p.m. @ 25 °C ?
Tuning steps ? 5 / 6.25 / 8.33 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 125 / 200 kHz 10 / 100 Hz, 1 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m + WARC/6 m 0.52-1.710 / 76-108 / 108-174 / 380-479 MHz 5-16 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   N-FM   DV   GMSK   CW   USB  
Sensitivity ? FM/NFM: 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD)
DV: 0.28 µV (1% BER)
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Selectivity ? FM: 55 dB
NFM/DV: 50 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 ? Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 46.355 / 61.655 MHz
2nd: 450 kHz
400 Hz - 3 kHz
Image rejection ? ≥ 60 dB ?
Audio output ? ? 8 ohm load about 0.1W

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC/6 m 144-146 / 430-440 MHz 7.0-7.3 / 10.1-10.15 / 14.0-14.35 MHz
20 / 30 / 40 m
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   FM   N-FM   DV   GMSK   CW  
RF-output Max 100/100 W 0.1 / 0.5 / 2.5 / 5 W 4 W max @ 13.8 V

Connections

Antenna - SMA BNC
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 5.5-7.4 V DC (Alkaline or battery pack)10-16 V DC external 8 × AA batteries or 9-14 V DC
Current RX ? 200-450 mA 55 mA
TX ? 2.5 A max 550-950 mA

Physical

Manufactured Between 2004 and 200x Between 2012 and 2021 in Japan Between 201x and 201x
Dimensions ? 58 × 105 × 26 mm
(2.28 × 4.13 × 1.02 in)
140 × 95 × 35 mm
(5.51 × 3.74 × 1.38 in)
Weight ? 255 gr (9.0 oz) with BP-271 and antenna 500 gr (1.1 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 1304 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Built-in auto-AT D-Star concept
Built-in GPS with logging
CTCSS / DTCS
Micro SD card slot
128×104 dot-matrix display
Voice synthesizer
Voice memory
Voltage indicator
IPX7 waterproof
Twin RX
1150 mAh Li-Ion battery pack
CI-V interface
DDS circuit with 50MHz reference frequency
1602 LCD
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TS-000480SAT ICOM-ID-000051E YOUKITS-HB-000001A