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Mobile Marine Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  None  None 
Freq. stability ? ± 1.5 p.p.m. +/-15 Hz (below 23 MHz, at -30°C ~ +60°C)
Tuning steps ? Channelized 100 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 0.150-30 MHz 156.050-163.275 / 155.500-161.425 MHz 0.5-30 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FM   AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   RTTY  
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
Better than 1 µV EMF @ 20dB SINAD
Distant: 119dBm (0,25 µV) @ 12dB SINAD
Local: 110dBm (0,7 µV) @ 12dB SINAD
*0.50000~1.79999 MHz*
SSB/CW/FSK 6.3 µV, AM 30 µV

*1.80000~30.0000 MHz*
SSB/CW/FSK 0.5 µV, AM 3.16 µV (For 12 dB SINAD)
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)
12.5 kHz SSB 2.3 kHz/-6 dB, 4.2 kHz/-60 dB
AM 6 kHz/-6 dB, 20 kHz/-60 dB
CW, FSK 500 Hz/-6 dB, 1.6 kHz/-60 dB* (*with optional FL-32A CW and RTTY Narrow Filter
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double (AM/SSB/CW) / triple (FM) conversion Double conversion superheterodyne Double-conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 48.055 MHz
2nd: 8.83 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
? SSB - 1st 69.0115, 2nd 9.0115
CW, FSK - 1st 69.0106, 2nd 9.0106
AM - 1st 69.0100, 2nd 9.0100 (Unit: MHz)
Image rejection ≥ 70 dB 70 dB ?
Audio output ? 2.5 W 5 W internal speaker

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 156.000-157.425 / 155.500-161.425 MHz 2–3 / 4–5 / 6–7 / 8–9 / 12–14 / 16-17 / 18–19 / 22–23 / 25–26 MHz (Approx)
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FM   AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   RTTY  
RF-output SSB: 250W PEP, CW: 200W, AM: 60W, FM (optional): 120W 1 / 25 W 150 W max (60 W above 23 MHz)

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 9-16 V DC 13.6 V DC
Current RX 1.2 A 600 mA 2 A max
TX Max 20 A 6 A max 30 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1983 and 198x in Japan Between 2018 and 20xx in UK Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan
Dimensions 270 × 96 × 275 mm
(10.63 × 3.78 × 10.83 in)
? 287 × 112 × 62 mm
(11.30 × 4.41 × 2.44 in)
Weight 6.50 kg (14.3 lbs) ? 6.50 kg (14.3 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Mobile

Other features

Memories 8 channels in 1 bank(s) 72 channels in 1 bank(s) 1005 channels in 4 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy Marine / Navy
Features ? IPx6 & IPx7
GPS/GLONASS/Beidou
NMEA0183/NMEA2000
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TS-000430S RAYMARINE-RAY000053 ICOM-IC-M000810