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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Power Supply with clock/timer

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  None 
Freq. stability ? Withing 1 kHz during the first hour after 1 minute of warm up. Withing 100 Hz during any 30 minute period after warm up. -
Tuning steps ? ? -

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-30 MHz in 4 bands 10-160 m + WARC ?
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   -
Sensitivity ? 0.25 µV at 10 dB S+N/N ?
Selectivity ? 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 3.6 kHz (-60 dB) ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Tubes Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. 455 kHz 1st: 8.83 MHz
2nd: 445 kHz
?
Image rejection ? > 60 dB ?
Audio output ? 1.5 W @ 8 ohm ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC ?
Modulations - AM   CW   SSB   -
RF-output ? 100 W max ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains Mains in / 13.8 V DC out
Current RX ? 32 W ?
TX - 295 W 3.2 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 196x and 196x in Japan Between 1981 and 19xx Between 197x and 197x in Japan
Dimensions 380 × 250 × 180 mm
(14.96 × 9.84 × 7.09 in)
333 × 133 × 333 mm
(13.11 × 5.24 × 13.11 in)
180 × 100 × 240 mm
(7.09 × 3.94 × 9.45 in)
Weight 9.30 kg (20.5 lbs) 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? VOX
ACG
ALC
RIT
Attenuator
Noise blanker
?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-000009R-59DE KENWOOD-TS-000830M KENWOOD-PS-000005