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Mobile Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
1 kW Solid-State HF amplifier

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  6m 
Freq. stability ? Below 10 MHz: 50 Hz/MHz Above 10 MHz: 20 Hz/MHz Both after 30 minutes warm-up ?
Tuning steps ? Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 29.7-37 / 35-43 / 41-50 MHz 0.2-0.42 / 1.1-30 MHz in 5 bands 1.8-54 MHz / 160-6 m
Modulations FM   AM   CW   All mode  
Sensitivity ? AM: 5 µV
CM 1-2 µV
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Selectivity ? 1.5 / 3.0 / 6.0 / 12.0 kHz selectable (-6 dB) ?
Filters ? 500 Hz switchable crystal filter ?
Receiver system ? Superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 450 kHz ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 1 W ?

Transmitter

TX-range 29.7-37 / 35-43 / 41-50 MHz - 1.8-54 MHz / 160-6 m
Modulations FM   - All mode  
RF-output 45 W - SSB: 1000 W PEP, FM/RTTY: 500W, AM: 275 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - SO-239 + N-type
Impedance 50Ω 70/80Ω ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ? Mains (100-125 or 200-250 V AC) or external PSU 100-260 V AC
Current RX ? 80 W ?
TX ? - 42 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 1959 and 196x in Great Britain Between 2018 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions ? 426 × 222 × 350 mm
(16.77 × 8.74 × 13.78 in)
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Weight ? 25.80 kg (56.9 lbs) 12.25 kg (27.0 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? None ?
Usage Commercial / Land mobile communication Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Up-gradable firmware
Color TFT touch screen
Auto band switching
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TK-000630 EDDYSTONE-000730/8 9005800