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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Transmitter Exciter
Desktop VHF receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2m 
Freq. stability ? ? Drift less than 0.003 of 1% per °C and less than 0.003 of 1% for a 5% mains voltage change
Tuning steps Continuous Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.15-30 MHz - 19-165 MHz in 6 bands
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   USB   LSB   AM   FM   W-FM   CW  
Sensitivity ? ? Better than 5 µV (S/N 15 dB)
Selectivity ? ? AM/CW: 50 kHz @ -40 dB
N-FM: 80 kHz @ -40 dB
W-FM: 175 kHz @ -40 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Quadruple conversion superheterodyne ? Superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 44.93 MHz
2nd: 8.83 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
4th: 100 kHz
? 5.2 MHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 2.5 W

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160m + WARC 2-32 MHz -
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   - -
RF-output SSB: 250 W, AM: 25 W, FSK: 80 W ? ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - -
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 72Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains Mains (110 / 200-240 V AC)
Current RX ? - 90 VA
TX ? ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1982 and 198x in Japan Between 195x and 196x in USA Between 1953 and 195x in Great Britain
Dimensions ? 480 × 230 × 405 mm
(18.90 × 9.06 × 15.94 in)
425 × 222 × 346 mm
(16.73 × 8.74 × 13.62 in)
Weight ? 11.80 kg (26.0 lbs) 23.60 kg (52.1 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Auto-AT option ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TS-000930S TMC-SBE-000002 EDDYSTONE-000770R