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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Monitoring Scope / Scanalyzer
Power Supply with clock/timer

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  6m  None 
Freq. stability ? ? -
Tuning steps ? ? -

Receiver

RX-range 0.150-30 MHz 160-6 m ?
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   All mode   -
Sensitivity AM (10 dB S/N)
0.15-0.5 MHz: 13 µV
0.5-1.8 MHz: 40 µV
1.8-30 MHz: 2.5 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
1.8-30 MHz: 0.7 µV
SSB/CW (10 dB S/N)
0.15-0.5 MHz: 1 µV
0.5-1.8 MHz: 4 µV
1.8-30 MHz: 0.25 µV
? ?
Selectivity AM: 6 kHz (-6 dB), 12 kHz (-60 dB)
FM: 15 kHz (-6 dB), 32 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB/CW: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.4 kHz (-60 dB)
? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double (AM/SSB/CW) / triple (FM) conversion ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 48.055 MHz
2nd: 8.83 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
? ?
Image rejection ≥ 70 dB ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC ? ?
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   All mode   -
RF-output SSB: 250W PEP, CW: 200W, AM: 60W, FM (optional): 120W ? ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC Mains (120-240 V AC) Mains in / 13.8 V DC out
Current RX 1.2 A ? ?
TX Max 20 A ? 3.2 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1983 and 198x in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 197x and 197x in Japan
Dimensions 270 × 96 × 275 mm
(10.63 × 3.78 × 10.83 in)
? 180 × 100 × 240 mm
(7.09 × 3.94 × 9.45 in)
Weight 6.50 kg (14.3 lbs) ? ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 8 channels in 1 bank(s) ? None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TS-000430S HEATHKIT-SB-000620 KENWOOD-PS-000005