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Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 6m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  ?
Freq. stability Within ±2 kHz during one hour after one minute of warm-up, and within 150 Hz during any 30 minute period thereafter 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 50-54 MHz in 4 bands 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 SSB/CW: 0.25 µV (10 dB S/N)
FM: 1 µV (30 dB S/N)
AM: 0.5 µV (10 dB S/N)
0.25 µV at 10 dB S+N/N ?
Selectivity SSB/CW: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.8 kHz (-60 dB)
AM: 4 kHz (-6 dB), 12 kHz (-60 dB)
FM: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 32 kHz (-60 dB)
2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 3.6 kHz (-60 dB) ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system SSB/CW: Single conversion AM/FM: Double conversion Double conversion superheterodyne Single conversion
IF-freqs. 1st: 10.7 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz (AM/FM only)
1st: 8.83 MHz
2nd: 445 kHz
465 kHz
Image rejection > 70 dB > 60 dB ?
Audio output 2.5 W @ 4 ohm with 10% THD 1.5 W @ 8 ohm 0.75 W

Transmitter

TX-range 50-54 MHz 10-160 m + WARC -
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   -
RF-output 10 W (AM: 5 W) 100 W max ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC or mains 120/240 VAC Mains 6×U2 (1.5V) battery cells
Current RX 0.8 A 32 W ?
TX 4 A max 295 W -

Physical

Manufactured Between 197x and 197x in Japan Between 1981 and 19xx Between 196x and 197x in Great Britain (Birmingham)
Dimensions 278 × 124 × 325 mm
(10.94 × 4.88 × 12.80 in)
333 × 133 × 333 mm
(13.11 × 5.24 × 13.11 in)
317 × 162 × 203 mm
(12.48 × 6.38 × 7.99 in)
Weight 11.00 kg (24.3 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 20 fixed channels (5 per band), crystal controlled
Noise blanker
RIT
VOX
ACG
ALC
RIT
Attenuator
Noise blanker
AFC
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TS-000600 KENWOOD-TS-000830M EDDYSTONE-EB-000035-MK-II