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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Base Station CB Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  11m (CB) 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 1 / 10 / 100 Hz
1 / 9 / 10 / 500 kHz
1 MHz
Continuous Channelized

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-30 MHz 10-160 m
1.8-2.0 / 3.5-4.1 / 7-7.5 / 14-14.5 / 21-21.5 / 28-28.5 / 28.5-29.1 / 29.1-29.7 MHz
26.965-27.255 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AM   CW   SSB   AM   SSB   DSB  
Sensitivity AM (10 dB S+N/N)
0.1-0.5 MHz: 2 µV
0.5-1.62 MHz: 32 µV
1.62-24.5 MHz: 0.2 µV
24.5-30 MHz: 1.3 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
28-30 MHz: 0.25 µV
SSB/CW/FSK (10 dB S+N/N)
0.1-0.5 MHz: 0.2 µV
0.5-1.62 MHz: 4 µV
1.62-24.5 MHz: 0.2 µV
24.5-30 MHz: 0.13 µV
0.5 µV for 10 dB S/N ?
Selectivity AM
6 kHz (-6 dB), 15 kHz (-60 dB)
FM
12 kHz (-6 dB), 24 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB/CW/FSK
2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 3.8 kHz (-60 dB)
0.5 / 1 / 2.1 / 3.8 kHz @ -6 dB ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 73.05 MHz
2nd: 8.83 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
3500 / 450 kHz ?
Image rejection 80 dB ? ?
Audio output 1.5 W at 10% distortion / 8 ohms Requires external speaker. 3 W output ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC - 26.965-27.255 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   - AM   SSB   DSB  
RF-output 100 W (AM 40 W) ? 4 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50-80Ω ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8 V DC Mains ?
Current RX 2 A ? ?
TX 20.5 A - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 199x and 199x in Japan Between 1962 and 1965 in Great Britain Between 197x and 197x in USA
Dimensions 330 × 120 × 334 mm
(12.99 × 4.72 × 13.15 in)
407 × 215 × 332 mm
(16.02 × 8.46 × 13.07 in)
?
Weight 11.00 kg (24.3 lbs) 13.20 kg (29.1 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 105 channels in 1 bank(s) None 23 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc)
Features Digital Signal Processing (DSP)
CTCSS/PL
Built-in keyer
AIP
VOX
Dimmer
? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TS-000850S K.W.-ELECTRONICS-000077 REGENCY-IMPERIAL-II