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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
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Mobile Amateur Receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ? 80m  60m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 1 / 10 / 100 Hz
1 / 9 / 10 / 500 kHz
1 MHz
? 20 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-30 MHz ? 2.0-3.5 / 3.5-6.0 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   - CW  
Sensitivity AM (10 dB S+N/N)
0.1-0.5 MHz: 2 µV
0.5-1.62 MHz: 32 µV
1.62-24.5 MHz: 0.2 µV
24.5-30 MHz: 1.3 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
28-30 MHz: 0.25 µV
SSB/CW/FSK (10 dB S+N/N)
0.1-0.5 MHz: 0.2 µV
0.5-1.62 MHz: 4 µV
1.62-24.5 MHz: 0.2 µV
24.5-30 MHz: 0.13 µV
? ?
Selectivity AM
6 kHz (-6 dB), 15 kHz (-60 dB)
FM
12 kHz (-6 dB), 24 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB/CW/FSK
2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 3.8 kHz (-60 dB)
? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 73.05 MHz
2nd: 8.83 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
? ?
Image rejection 80 dB ? ?
Audio output 1.5 W at 10% distortion / 8 ohms ? Requires external speaker

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC ? ?
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   - -
RF-output 100 W (AM 40 W) ? ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - Proprietary (military)
Impedance 50Ω ? ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8 V DC ? 12 / 24 V DC
Current RX 2 A ? ?
TX 20.5 A ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 199x and 199x in Japan Between xxxx and xxxx Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions 330 × 120 × 334 mm
(12.99 × 4.72 × 13.15 in)
? ?
Weight 11.00 kg (24.3 lbs) ? 21.00 kg (46.3 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Mobile

Other features

Memories 105 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 125 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Digital Signal Processing (DSP)
CTCSS/PL
Built-in keyer
AIP
VOX
Dimmer
? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TS-000850S SUPERSTAR-009000 MILITARY-BC-000652-A