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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld VHF Transceiver
Mobile Shortwave Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 1/10/100/1000/10000 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.55 - 1.6 / 1.6 - 4.8 / 4.8 - 14.5 / 10.5 - 30 MHz 140-174 MHz 0.03-30 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   FM   AM   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity Band A, B & C: <6 dB (10 dB S/N)
Band D: <18 dB (13 MHz), <10 dB (28 MHz)
? AM
0.05-15 MHz: ~2.5 µV
15-30 MHz: ~3.5 - 4.5 µV
SSB
About three times better than AM
Selectivity 10 kHz (-50 dB) ? AM: 6 kHz
SSB: 3.8 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion superheterodyne ? Demodulator: AM Quasi Synchronous SSB: Product detector
IF-freqs. 455 kHz ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 2 W

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-148 MHz -
Modulations - FM   -
RF-output ? 5 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains (110-120 / 220-240 V AC) ?V DC 12V DC
Current RX 45 W ? 300 mA
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1968 and 1969 in Japan Between 2000 and 200x Between 1997 and 20xx in by R.F.Engineering
Dimensions 381 × 178 × 254 mm
(15.00 × 7.01 × 10.00 in)
? 180 × 58 × 170 mm
(7.09 × 2.28 × 6.69 in)
Weight 8.53 kg (18.8 lbs) ? 1.80 kg (4.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Mobile

Other features

Memories ? 209 channels in 1 bank(s) 10 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Bandspread on ham bands
ANL
AVC
Tubes
? Clarity control for SSB ±800Hz
RS-232 computer interface (HF-3E only)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-000009R-59DS YAESU-VX-000110 NASA-TARGET-HF000003