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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ? 11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 160-10 m 2-30 MHz 25-1300 MHz (Cellular blocked in the US)
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   N-FM   W-FM  
Sensitivity 0.25 µV S+N/N 10 dB or more ? ?
Selectivity SSB: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.4 kHz (-60 dB)
CW: 0.5 kHz (-6 dB), 1.5 kHz (-60 dB) with optional CW filter
? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? XTAL ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection Better than 50 dB ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 160-10 m 2-30 MHz -
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB   -
RF-output Max 100 W 100 W max ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - BNC
Impedance 50/75 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC or mains 13.8V DC 6V DC (4 x LR6/AA or external adapter)
Current RX 5 A (heaters on), 0.6 A (heaters off) ? ?
TX 15 A max. ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 1983 and 198x Between 2002 and 200x in Japan
Dimensions 333 × 153 × 335 mm
(13.11 × 6.02 × 13.19 in)
? 64 × 177 × 44 mm
(2.52 × 6.97 × 1.73 in)
Weight 16.00 kg (35.3 lbs) ? 255 gr (9.0 oz)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 6 channels in 1 bank(s) 300 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Commercial / Land mobile communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? AC-E60HG AC adapter
MPN KENWOOD-TS-000520S KENWOOD-TRC-000060 SONY-ICF-SC000001