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Handheld VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  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 144-148 MHz 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations FM   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 XTAL Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 8.83 MHz
2nd: 445 kHz
Image rejection ? > 60 dB
Audio output ? 1.5 W @ 8 ohm

Transmitter

TX-range 144-148 MHz 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations FM   CW   SSB  
RF-output 2 W 100 W max

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. ?V DC Mains
Current RX ? 295 W
TX ? 32 W

Physical

Manufactured Between 1979 and 198x Between 1981 and 19xx
Dimensions ? 333 × 133 × 333 mm
(13.11 × 5.24 × 13.11 in)
Weight ? 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories 6 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? VOX
ACG
ALC
RIT
Attenuator
Noise blanker
Accessories ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-VF-002031 KENWOOD-TS-000830S