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The Kenwood TS-803S is a highly sophisticated solid state amateur band tranceiver employing only three vacuum tubes. Operating on all amateur bands between 1.8 and 29.7 MHz The TS-830S includes VOX, 25 kHz calibrator, RIT, RF attenuator and noise blanker. Automatic Gain Control (ACG) and Automatic Level Control (ALC) and semi break-in CW are also included.
General characteristics
- HAM bands
- 160m 80m 40m 30m (WARC) 20m 17m (WARC) 15m 12m (WARC) 10m
- Frequency 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
- ?
- Memories
- ?
Receiver
- RX-range
- 10-160 m + WARC
- Modulations
- CW SSB
- Sensitivity
- 0.25 µV at 10 dB S+N/N
- Selectivity
- SSB/CW wide
2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 3.6 kHz (-60 dB)
CW narrow
With YK-88C: 500 Hz (-6 dB), 1.5 kHz (-60 dB)
With YK-88CN: 270 Hz (-6 dB), 820 Hz (-60 dB)
With YG-455C: 500 Hz (-6 dB), 820 Hz (-60 dB)
With YG-455CN: 250 Hz (-6 dB), 500 Hz (-60 dB) - Filters
- 0.5 / 2.4 kHz
- Receiver system
- Double conversion superheterodyne
- IF-frequencies
- 1st: 8.83 MHz
2nd: 445 kHz - Image rejection
- > 60 dB
- Audio output
- 1.5 W @ 8 ohm
Transmitter
- TX-range
- 10-160 m + WARC
- Modulations
- CW SSB
- RF-output
- 100 W max
Connections
- Antenna
- SO-239
- Impedance
- 50/75Ω
- Other
- -
Electrical
- Power requirements
- Mains
- Current drain RX
- 295 W
- TX
- 32 W
Physical
- Dimensions (w×h×d)
- 333 × 133 × 333 mm (13.11 × 5.24 × 13.11 in)
- Weight
- 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs)
- Form factor
- Base Station
- Manufactured
- Between 1981 and 19xx
Other features
- Usage
- Amateur / Ham radio operators
- Features + options
- VOX
ACG
ALC
RIT
Attenuator
Noise blanker - Accessories
- -
- RigReference ID
- 3511
- MPN
- KENWOOD-TS-000830S
Manuals, diagrams and brochures
- Kenwood TS-830S Service Manual PDF - Unknown size, submitted by RigReference
- Kenwood TS-830S User Manual PDF - Unknown size, submitted by RigReference
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Reviews & stories
| Rating | Title | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| Czolowe miejsce i nie do pobicia | 13 years ago by SQ5RDM | |
| Solid Performer, the TS 830s | 13 years ago by fmann | |
| Excellent old radio | 13 years ago by ai4wm |
New and second-hand prices
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Based on historic data, today's second-hand price of the Kenwood TS-830S is around:
- EUR 252.00 ~ EUR 37.00
- USD 29.00 ~ USD 13.00
- GBP 60.00 ~ GBP 25.00
These estimates are based on the following prices:
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