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HF Receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
3 Band QRP CW Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  6m  2m  10m  ? 40m  30m (WARC)  20m  6m 
Freq. stability ? 300Hz per 30 minutes after warm-up ?
Tuning steps ? ? 10 / 100 Hz, 1 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m + CB (144-148 MHz / 50-54 MHz options) 0.15-30 MHz 5-16 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   N-AM   W-AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   CW   USB  
Sensitivity ? 0.5 µV 2-30 MHz, SSB/CW (S+N/N=10dB) ?
Selectivity ? AM: 6.0 kHz
SSB/CW: 2.7 kHz
FM: 15 kHz
4 crystal filter, SSB bandwidth of about 2.2-1.6KHz four selectable bandwidth, CW bandwidth of about 900-400Hz four selectable bandwidth
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? ? 400 Hz - 3 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 1.5 Watts at 8 Ohms 8 ohm load about 0.1W

Transmitter

TX-range - - 7.0-7.3 / 10.1-10.15 / 14.0-14.35 MHz
20 / 30 / 40 m
Modulations - - CW  
RF-output ? ? 4 W max @ 13.8 V

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 + Clamps / screws BNC
Impedance 50 Ω 50/500Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC or mains 100/120/220/240V AC 50/60 Hz 8 × AA batteries or 9-14 V DC
Current RX ? ? 55 mA
TX - - 550-950 mA

Physical

Manufactured Between 1970 and 1975 in Japan Between 1981 and 1984 in Japan Between 201x and 201x
Dimensions ? 334 × 129 × 225 mm
(13.15 × 5.08 × 8.86 in)
140 × 95 × 35 mm
(5.51 × 3.74 × 1.38 in)
Weight ? 6.00 kg (13.2 lbs) 500 gr (1.1 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 12 channels in bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Clock / timer
Attenuator
12 optional memory channels
DDS circuit with 50MHz reference frequency
1602 LCD
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-R-000599S YAESU-FRG-007700 YOUKITS-HB-000001A