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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile quad-band transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  6m  2m  70cm  10m 
Freq. stability ? ≤ 10 p.p.m. ≤ 0.5 p.p.m. with SO-2 ± 5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps Continuous Continuous 2.5 / 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 0.5-30 MHz 26-33 / 47-54 / 108-180 / 320-512 / 750-950 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity ? AM (10 dB S+N/N)
0.5-1.5 MHz: 2.5 µV
1.5-1.7 MHz: 3.5 µV
1.7-30 MHz: 2.5 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
28-30 MHz: 0.5 µV
SSB/CW (10 dB S+N/N)
0.5-1.5 MHz: 0.25 µV
1.5-1.7 MHz: 0.35 µV
1.7-30 MHz: 0.25 µV
≤ 0.2 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? AM: 5 kHz (-6 dB), 40 kHz (-60 dB)
FM: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 25 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB/CW: 2.2 kHz (-6 dB), 4.8 kHz (-60 dB)
12 / 30 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double (AM/SSB/CW) / Triple (FM) conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 73.045 MHz
2nd: 10.695 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
1st: 49.95 / 38.85 kHz
2nd: 450 kHz
Image rejection ? 70 dB ?
Audio output ? 2 Watts 8 ohms 2 W @ 8 Ohm for 5% THD

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC 29 / 50 / 144 / 430 MHz bands
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FM   N-FM  
RF-output ? High: 100 W, Medium: 50 W, Low: 10 W 5 / 10 / 20 / 50 W (UHF: 40 W)

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 -
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ? 13.8 V DC ±15% 13.8V DC
Current RX ? 1.45 A 500 mA
TX - 20.5 A 8.5 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1959 and 1962 in USA Between 1993 and 199x in USA Between 2013 and 20xx
Dimensions 308 × 155 × 254 mm
(12.13 × 6.10 × 10.00 in)
179 × 60 × 233 mm
(7.05 × 2.36 × 9.17 in)
140 × 41.5 × 168 mm
(5.51 × 1.63 × 6.61 in)
Weight 7.00 kg (15.4 lbs) 2.90 kg (6.4 lbs) 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories None 100 channels in 1 bank(s) 800 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Dual VFO's, 100 memories, AIP, RIT, IF shift, AGC and TF-set ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-MR-000001-'COMANCHE' KENWOOD-TS-000050S TYT-TH-009800