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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  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 0.55 - 1.6 / 1.6 - 4.8 / 4.8 - 14.5 / 10.5 - 30 MHz 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity Band A, B & C: <6 dB (10 dB S/N)
Band D: <18 dB (13 MHz), <10 dB (28 MHz)
0.25 µV at 10 dB S+N/N
Selectivity 10 kHz (-50 dB) 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 3.6 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 455 kHz 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 - AM   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? 100 W max

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains (110-120 / 220-240 V AC) Mains
Current RX 45 W 32 W
TX - 295 W

Physical

Manufactured Between 1968 and 1969 in Japan Between 1981 and 19xx
Dimensions 381 × 178 × 254 mm
(15.00 × 7.01 × 10.00 in)
333 × 133 × 333 mm
(13.11 × 5.24 × 13.11 in)
Weight 8.53 kg (18.8 lbs) 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Bandspread on ham bands
ANL
AVC
Tubes
VOX
ACG
ALC
RIT
Attenuator
Noise blanker
Accessories ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-000009R-59DS KENWOOD-TS-000830M