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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile VHF/UHF Transceiver
Mobile Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  ? 11m (CB) 
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 ? ? Channelized

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m + WARC 66-88 or 136-174 or 403-470 MHz depending on version 26-30 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   FM   N-FM   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity 0.25 µV at 10 dB S+N/N ? ?
Selectivity 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)
? ?
Filters 0.5 / 2.4 kHz ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. 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 66-88 or 136-174 or 403-470 MHz depending on version 26-30 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   FM   N-FM   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
RF-output 100 W max 5/25 W 21 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC ?
Current RX 295 W ? ?
TX 32 W ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 19xx Between 199x and 200x Between 20xx and 20xx
Dimensions 333 × 133 × 333 mm
(13.11 × 5.24 × 13.11 in)
168 × 44 × 188 mm
(6.61 × 1.73 × 7.40 in)
185 × 60 × 250 mm
(7.28 × 2.36 × 9.84 in)
Weight 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs) ? 2.00 kg (4.4 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Mobile

Other features

Memories ? 16 channels in 1 bank(s) 40 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Commercial / Land mobile communication Citizen Band (27Mc)
Features VOX
ACG
ALC
RIT
Attenuator
Noise blanker
CTCSS/PL ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TS-000830S MOTOROLA-MC000900 PRESIDENT-LINCOLN-II