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6 m | 10 W | SSB
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile VHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 6m  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 ? ? 20 / 100 / 500 Hz / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 50-54 MHz 10-160 m + WARC 100 kHz - 29.9999 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   CW   SSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity AM: 0.7 µV (10 dB S/N)
FM: 0.2 µV (12 dB SINAD)
SSB/CW: 0.16 µV (10 dB S/N)
0.25 µV at 10 dB S+N/N 100 kHz to 2 MHz
AM 2 µV
SSB .5 µV

2 MHz to 30 MHz
AM 1 µV
SSB .5 µV max

10db(S+N/N)
Selectivity ? SSB/CW wide
2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 3.6 kHz (-60 dB)
CW narrow
With YK-88C: 500 Hz (-6 dB), 1.5 kHz (-60 dB)
With YK-88CN: 270 Hz (-6 dB), 820 Hz (-60 dB)
With YG-455C: 500 Hz (-6 dB), 820 Hz (-60 dB)
With YG-455CN: 250 Hz (-6 dB), 500 Hz (-60 dB)
45 MHz 8 kHz BW
455 Khz (AM) 6 kHz
SSB 2.4 kHz
Filters ? 0.5 / 2.4 kHz 5.8 kHz AM and 2.5 kHz SSB
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 8.83 MHz
2nd: 445 kHz
1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? > 60 dB ?
Audio output ? 1.5 W @ 8 ohm 2 watts into 8 ohm

Transmitter

TX-range 50-54 MHz 10-160 m + WARC -
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   CW   SSB   -
RF-output High: 10 W, Low: 1 W 100 W max ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 SO-239 + Clamps / screws
Impedance 50 Ω 50/75Ω 50/500Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC Mains 12V DC / 10 AA cells
Current RX ? 295 W 350-800 mA
TX ? 32 W -

Physical

Manufactured Between 198x and 198x Between 1981 and 19xx Between 20xx and 20xx
Dimensions 170 × 68 × 260 mm
(6.69 × 2.68 × 10.24 in)
333 × 133 × 333 mm
(13.11 × 5.24 × 13.11 in)
232 × 100 × 225 mm
(9.13 × 3.94 × 8.86 in)
Weight 2.40 kg (5.3 lbs) 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs) 1.80 kg (4.0 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? 100 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? VOX
ACG
ALC
RIT
Attenuator
Noise blanker
6-digit LCD display
Analog S-Meter
455kHz IF output
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TR-009300 KENWOOD-TS-000830S PALSTAR-RC000030A