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Handheld VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Handheld VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 6m  70cm  33cm  23cm  4m  2m  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 25-54 / 108-174 / 216-512 / 796-824 / 849-869 / 896-960 / 1240-1300 MHz 144-146 MHz 10-160 m (no general coverage)
WWV 10 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   APCO-25   FM   CW   SSB   FSK  
Sensitivity ? ? 0.25 µV S+N/N or more
Selectivity ? ? SSB/CW wide: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.2 kHz (-60 dB)
FSK/CW narrow with YK-88C: 0.5 kHz (-6 dB), 1.8 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? YK-88C CW filter, 500 Hz YK-88S SSB filter, 2.2 kHz
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ? Single conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 380.8 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 455 KHz
? 8.830 MHz
Image rejection ? ? 60 dB
Audio output ? ? 2 W at 10% distortion / 4 ohm

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-146 MHz 10-160 m
Modulations - FM   CW   SSB   FSK  
RF-output ? High: 5 W, Low: 0.5 W Max 100 W

Connections

Antenna BNC BNC SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 4.8-6V DC (4R6/AA) or 9V DC external 6-16V DC 11-16V DC (13.8V DC nominal)
Current RX ? 16-100 mA 1.2-1.6 A
TX - Max 1.2 A 20 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 200x and 200x in China Between 1987 and 19xx Between 1979 and 198x in Japan
Dimensions ? 58 × 138 × 30 mm
(2.28 × 5.43 × 1.18 in)
325 × 133 × 287 mm
(12.80 × 5.24 × 11.30 in)
Weight 240 gr (8.5 oz) 400 gr (14.1 oz) with PB-6 11.50 kg (25.4 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories 1800 channels in 1 bank(s) ? None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features CTCSS/DCS
Multitrunking, tracks Motorola, EDAS, LTR and digital APCO (9600 bd)
Weather alert/SAME/Skywarn
Spectrum sweeper
? WARC option
NB
Dual RIT
IF Shift
VOX
Transverter terminals
Accessories ? ? AT-180 Antenna tuner with SWR/power meter and antenna switch
DFC-180 Digital frequency control
HS-4 headphones
HS-5 headphones
MC-35S Hand microphone, 50 kohm
MC-50 Desk microphone, 500 ohm/50 kohm
PC-1 Phone patch
PS-30 Power supply
SM-220 Station monitor
SP-180 External speaker with filters
VFO-180 Remote VFO
YK-88C CW filter, 500 Hz
YK-88S SSB filter, 2.2 kHz
MPN GRE-/-GRECOM-PSR-000500 KENWOOD-TH-000025E KENWOOD-TS-000180S