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Handheld UHF Transceiver
HF Transceiver
Desktop VHF receiver

General

HAM bands 70cm  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  2m 
Freq. stability ? ? Drift less than 0.003 of 1% per °C and less than 0.003 of 1% for a 5% mains voltage change
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 440-450 MHz 0.5-30 MHz 19-165 MHz in 6 bands
Modulations FM   AM   FM   CW   SSB   AFSK   AM   FM   W-FM   CW  
Sensitivity ? SSB/CW: 0.2-0.35 µV (10 dB SINAD @ 2.4 kHz bandwidth)
AM: 0.5-0.9 µV (10 dB SINAD @ 6 kHz bandwidth)
FM: 0.35-0.6 µV (12 dB SINAD @ 15 kHz bandwidth)
Better than 5 µV (S/N 15 dB)
Selectivity ? 35 built-in filters
SSB/CW: 200-3000 Hz
AM: 400-6000 Hz
FM: 15 kHz
AM/CW: 50 kHz @ -40 dB
N-FM: 80 kHz @ -40 dB
W-FM: 175 kHz @ -40 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Single conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 5.2 MHz
Image rejection ? 80 dB ?
Audio output ? ? 2.5 W

Transmitter

TX-range 440-450 MHz 10-160 m + WARC -
Modulations FM   AM   FM   CW   SSB   AFSK   -
RF-output High: 1 W, Low: 150 mW 1-20 W ?

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 -
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω 72Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ?V DC 13.8V DC Mains (110 / 200-240 V AC)
Current RX ? ? 90 VA
TX ? Max 6 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1984 and 198x Between 2003 and 200x in USA Between 1963 and 196x in Great Britain
Dimensions 57 × 120 × 28 mm
(2.24 × 4.72 × 1.10 in)
216 × 70 × 246 mm
(8.50 × 2.76 × 9.69 in)
425 × 222 × 346 mm
(16.73 × 8.74 × 13.62 in)
Weight 260 gr (9.2 oz) with batteries 2.20 kg (4.9 lbs) 23.60 kg (52.1 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Unknown Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 100 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Optional TU-6 CTCSS encoder Scanning. CTCSS encoder. PSK31-ready. IF-DSP. ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TH-000041AT TEN-TEC-ARGONAUT-V-(000516) EDDYSTONE-000770R-MK.-II