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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  ?
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 0.1-30 MHz 10-160 m + WARC 150-350 / 550-1500 kHz / 1.5-22 / 88-108 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   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 ? Double conversion superheterodyne Single conversion
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 8.83 MHz
2nd: 445 kHz
465 kHz
Image rejection ? > 60 dB ?
Audio output ? 1.5 W @ 8 ohm 0.75 W

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 10-160 m + WARC -
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   -
RF-output Max 150 W 100 W max ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50/75Ω 75/400Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains 6×U2 (1.5V) battery cells
Current RX ? 32 W ?
TX ? 295 W -

Physical

Manufactured Between 199x and 199x Between 1981 and 19xx Between 196x and 197x in Great Britain (Birmingham)
Dimensions 402 × 141 × 400 mm
(15.83 × 5.55 × 15.75 in)
333 × 133 × 333 mm
(13.11 × 5.24 × 13.11 in)
317 × 162 × 203 mm
(12.48 × 6.38 × 7.99 in)
Weight 23.00 kg (50.7 lbs) 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy
Features Built-in keyer and auto AT. DSP. Twin RX VOX
ACG
ALC
RIT
Attenuator
Noise blanker
AFC
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TS-000950SDX KENWOOD-TS-000830M EDDYSTONE-EB-000035-MK-II