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Mobile VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Base Station Amateur Speaker

General

HAM bands 2m  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 118-180 MHz 10-160 m + WARC ?
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   All mode  
Sensitivity 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD) 0.25 µV at 10 dB S+N/N ?
Selectivity 70 dB (no reference) SSB/CW wide
2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 3.6 kHz (-60 dB)
CW narrow
With YK-88C: 500 Hz (-6 dB), 1.5 kHz (-60 dB)
With YK-88CN: 270 Hz (-6 dB), 820 Hz (-60 dB)
With YG-455C: 500 Hz (-6 dB), 820 Hz (-60 dB)
With YG-455CN: 250 Hz (-6 dB), 500 Hz (-60 dB)
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Filters ? 0.5 / 2.4 kHz ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 10.7 MHz
2nd: 455 KHz
1st: 8.83 MHz
2nd: 445 kHz
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Image rejection ? > 60 dB ?
Audio output Internal speaker 1.5 W @ 8 ohm ?

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 MHz 10-160 m + WARC ?
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   All mode  
RF-output High: 60 W, Medium: 25 W, Low: 7 W 100 W max ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 -
Impedance 50Ω 50/75Ω ?
Other - - Clamps input
Tulip line out

Electrical

Power req. 11-15.8V DC Mains None
Current RX Max 600 mA 295 W ?
TX Max 12 A 32 W ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1999 and 19xx Between 1981 and 19xx Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan
Dimensions 144 × 40 × 166 mm
(5.67 × 1.57 × 6.54 in)
333 × 133 × 333 mm
(13.11 × 5.24 × 13.11 in)
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Weight 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs) 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs) ?
Form factor Mobile Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 81 channels in 1 bank(s) ? None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features CTCSS/DCS VOX
ACG
ALC
RIT
Attenuator
Noise blanker
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ADI-AR-000147E KENWOOD-TS-000830S KENWOOD-SP-000930