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Mobile VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? Less than 50 Hz/hr drift after warm up under constant supply and temperature conditions. < 100 Hz @ 10.5 to 14 VDC
Tuning steps ? Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 144-146 MHz 0.5-30 MHz 10-80m
Modulations FM   AM   CW   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? ? < 0.5 µV for 10 dB S+N/N
Selectivity ? 13 kHz @-6db
6.5 kHz @-6db
3 kHz @-6db
1.2 kHz @-6db
300 Hz @-6db
100 Hz @-6db
2.4 kHz at 6 dB down; 1.7:1 shape factor at 6/50 dB
Filters ? 13 / 6.5 / 3 / 1.2 / 0.3 / 0.1 kHz ?
Receiver system XTAL Double/triple conversion, 23 tubes ?
IF-freqs. ? 40 kHz
2.5 kHz
?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 1 W @ 8 ohms, < 2% distortion

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 MHz - 10-80m
Modulations FM   - CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output High: 2 W, Low: 0.4 W ? 3W

Connections

Antenna Built-in sweep Burndept Clamps / screws
Impedance 50 Ω 75Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 9.6-15.6V DC Mains 12 V DC
Current RX 45 mA ? 150 mA max
TX Max 700 mA - 1 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1976 and 197x in Japan Between 1957 and 19xx in Great Britain Between 1973 and 19xx
Dimensions 135 × 58 × 191 mm
(5.31 × 2.28 × 7.52 in)
480 × 265 × 510 mm
(18.90 × 10.43 × 20.08 in)
330 × 115 × 180 mm
(12.99 × 4.53 × 7.09 in)
Weight 1.60 kg (3.5 lbs) 10 × NiCd and mic included 30.50 kg (67.3 lbs) 2.70 kg (6.0 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 12 channels in 1 bank(s) None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TR-002200GII RACAL-RA-000017L TEN-TEC-ARGONAUT-(000509)