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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Base Station CB Transceiver
Dual band FM Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  11m (CB)  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 0.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps ? Channelized 12.5 / 20 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m + WWV 26.965-27.405 MHz, (25.515-27.855 MHz) 134-174 / 403-470 / 450-512 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   SSB   FM   DMR  
Sensitivity ? ? Analogue 12dB SINAD: 0.3 μV 0.22 μV typical
Digital: 5% BER: 0.3 μV
Selectivity ? ? TIA603:
VHF: 65 dB @ 12.5 kHz, 80 dB @ 25 kHz
UHF: 65 dB @ 12.5 kHz, 75 dB @ 25 kHz
TIA603C:
VHF: 50 dB @ 12.5 kHz, 80 dB @ 25 kHz
UHF: 50 dB @ 12.5 kHz, 75 dB @ 25 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? 70 dB
Audio output ? 7 W 3 W internal, 13 W external

Transmitter

TX-range - 26.965-27.405 MHz, (25.515-27.855 MHz) 134-174 / 403-470 / 450-512 MHz
Modulations - AM   FM   SSB   FM   DMR  
RF-output ? 12 W VHF: 1/45 W, UHF: 1/40 W

Connections

Antenna - - -
Impedance 50 Ω ? 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains 13.8 V DC ± 20%
Current RX ? ? 810 mA, 2A max
TX - ? 14.5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1969 and 1979 in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2013 and 201x
Dimensions ? 335 × 95 × 210 mm
(13.19 × 3.74 × 8.27 in)
51 × 175 × 206 mm
(2.01 × 6.89 × 8.11 in)
Weight ? ? 1.80 kg (4.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? 120 channels in 1 bank(s) 512 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc) Commercial / Land mobile communication
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-JR-000500SE PRESIDENT-BENJAMIN VERTEX-STANDARD-VXD-007200