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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld Transceiver
HANDHELD SCANNER RADIO

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? Channelized 3.125 / 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-30 / 50-54 MHz 26.965-27.255 MHz (26.965-27.405 MHz) 29-54 / 108-174 / 216-512 / 764-960 / 1240-1300 MHz (cellular blocked in the US)
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   - AM   FM   N-FM   P25  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 380.8 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 250 mW

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 26.965-27.255 MHz (26.965-27.405 MHz) -
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   - -
RF-output HF: 100 W (AM: 40 W), 6 m: 50 W (AM: 20 W) 3.5 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC ? 9 V DC or batteries
Current RX Max 2.5 A ? ?
TX Max 20.5 A ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 197x and 197x in Japan Between 2014 and 201x in USA
Dimensions 270 × 96 × 328 mm
(10.63 × 3.78 × 12.91 in)
162 × 56 × 209 mm
(6.38 × 2.20 × 8.23 in)
65 × 145 × 42 mm
(2.56 × 5.71 × 1.65 in)
Weight 6.90 kg (15.2 lbs) 1.50 kg (3.3 lbs) 240 gr (8.5 oz) without antenna and batteries
Form factor Base Station Handheld Handheld

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) 40 channels in 1 bank(s) 1800 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 55 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? AM Trunking: Motorola I/II/III, EDACS, LTR
Spectrum sweeper
Weather channels
USB interface
CTCSS/PL
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TS-000690S HY-GAIN-II-(002702) WHISTLER-WS001040