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The Kenwood TS-530S follows in the tradition of the successful Kenwood TS-520S. It is designed for SSB and CW modes in the 160 through 10 meter ham bands, and additionally includes the 30, 17 and 12 meter WARC bands. Power input is 220W PEP SSB and 180W DC CW. The finals are a pair of 6146B tubes. Refinements include: RIT, XIT, IF Shift, RF Attenuator, VOX, variable Noise Blanker and Wide-Narrow selectivity switch. (This transceiver does not have general coverage receive).
The Kenwood TS-530SP adds a Notch filter.
General characteristics
- HAM bands
- 160m 80m 40m 30m (WARC) 20m 17m (WARC) 15m 12m (WARC) 10m
- Frequency stability
- ?
- Tuning steps
- ?
- Memories
- ?
Receiver
- RX-range
- 160-10 m + WARC
- Modulations
- CW SSB
- Sensitivity
- ?
- Selectivity
- ?
- Filters
- ?
- Receiver system
- ?
- IF-frequencies
- ?
- Image rejection
- ?
- Audio output
- ?
Transmitter
- TX-range
- 160-10 m + WARC
- Modulations
- CW SSB
- RF-output
- Max 100 W
Connections
- Antenna
- SO-239
- Impedance
- 50 Ω
- Other
- -
Electrical
- Power requirements
- Mains
- Current drain RX
- ?
- TX
- 295 W
Physical
- Dimensions (w×h×d)
- 333 × 133 × 333 mm (13.11 × 5.24 × 13.11 in)
- Weight
- 12.80 kg (28.2 lbs)
- Form factor
- Base Station
- Manufactured
- Between 1981 and 19xx
Other features
- Usage
- Amateur / Ham radio operators
- Features + options
- -
- Accessories
- -
- RigReference ID
- 3492
- MPN
- KENWOOD-TS-000530S
Manuals, diagrams and brochures
- Kenwood TS-530S Service Manual PDF - Unknown size, submitted by RigReference
- Kenwood TS-530S User Manual PDF - Unknown size, submitted by RigReference
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New and second-hand prices
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Based on historic data, today's second-hand price of the Kenwood TS-530S is around:
- USD 45.00
These estimates are based on the following prices:
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