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

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  6m  10m  2m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  2000m  13cm  9cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 1 / 10 / 50 / 100 / 500Hz / 1 / 5 / 6.25 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 500 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m (2m & 6m options) 144-146 MHz (Europe)
146-148 MHz (USA)
0.01-3500 MHz (cellular blocked)
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   FM   AM   AM-sync   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   TV  
Sensitivity AM (10 dB S+N/N):
1.8-28 MHz: 1.5 µV
50 MHz: 3 µV
144 MHz: 3 µV
SSB (10 dB S+N/N):
1.8-28 MHz: 0.25 µV
50 MHz: 0.5 µV
144 MHz: 0.5 µV
? AM (BW=6 kHz, 10 dB S/N)
0.1-1.7 MHz: 5 µV
1.7-25 MHz: 5 µV
25-1030 MHz: 2.3 µV
1030-3300 MHz: 1.3 µV
FM (BW=15 kHz, 12 dB SINAD)
25-480 MHz: 2.5 µV
480-1696 MHz: 0.8 µV
1696-3300 MHz: 1.5 µV
W-FM (12 dB SINAD)
25-1696 MHz: 1.3 µV
1696-3300 MHz: 1.5 µV
Selectivity AM: 5 kHz (-6 dB), 12 kHz (60 dB)
FM: 20 kHz (-6 dB), 120 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.4 kHz (-60 dB)
CW: 500 Hz (-6 dB), 1.5 kHz (-60 dB)
? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? XTAL Triple-conversion superheterodyne (Zero-IF) DSP from IF to LF
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection >50 dB ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-146 MHz (Europe)
146-148 MHz (USA)
-
Modulations - FM   -
RF-output ? High: 10 W, Low: 1 W ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 SO-239 + N-type
Impedance 50/75 Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12-15V DC or mains 13.8V DC or mains 13.8V DC
Current RX Max 1 A 0.5 A 1.5-2.2 A
TX - Max 2.1 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1976 and 1979 in Japan Between 197x and 19xx Between 2006 and 200x
Dimensions 270 × 140 × 310 mm
(10.63 × 5.51 × 12.20 in)
210 × 95 × 270 mm
(8.27 × 3.74 × 10.63 in)
420 × 130 × 308 mm
(16.54 × 5.12 × 12.13 in)
Weight 5.70 kg (12.6 lbs) 4.20 kg (9.3 lbs) 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Unknown Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 8 channels in 1 bank(s) 2000 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 70 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Software defined receiver
USB 2.0
Waterfall and spectrum display
6" TFT
TV reception (PAL, SECAN, NTSC)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-R-000599D YAESU-FT-000002-AUTO AOR-AR-ALPHA-B