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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Headless HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Mobile QRP HF/50/144/430 MHz D-Star Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  70cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability Within 100 Hz after warm up ±1 p.p.m. (0 - 50 °C) ?
Tuning steps ? 10 Hz increments between 100 Hz and 100 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 + WWV m 25 MHz - 3 GHz 0.5-148 / 430-450 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   S-FM   N-FM   W-FM   AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   D-STAR   RTTY  
Sensitivity 0.25 µV for 10 dB S/N 25-225 MHz
N-FM: 0.35 µV (12 dB SINAD)
AM: 0.6 µV (10 dB S/N)
N-FM: 2.0 µV (12 dB SINAD)
**225-1700 MHz
N-FM: 0.35 µV (12 dB SINAD)
AM: 0.8 µV (10 dB S/N)
N-FM: 2.0 µV (12 dB SINAD)
1.7-2.7 GHz
N-FM: 0.6 µV (12 dB SINAD)
2.7-3.0GHz
N-FM: 1.5 µV (12 dB SINAD)
?
Selectivity 2.4 kHz @ -6 dB / 4.2 kHz @ -60 dB N-FM +/-10 kHz 60 dB
AM/S-FM +/-6 kHz 60 dB
W-FM +/-180 kHz 60 dB
FM: ± 5 kHz
N-FM: ± 2.5 kHz
Filters - 6 kHz, 15 kHz, 300 kHz ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? RF Direct Sampling (Down conversion sampling for >25 MHz)
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 255.3 / 744.3 MHz
2nd: 10.7 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
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Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 1.5 W (8 ohm / 10% THD) 2W (8 Ohm) max.@ 10% distortion (no internal speaker!) ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m - 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m / 2 m / 70 cm (also 4 m for Europe)
Modulations CW   SSB   - AM   FM   N-FM   USB   LSB   D-STAR   RTTY  
RF-output Max 100 W ? 5-10 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8 V DC (12-16 V DC) 12 - 16V DC 13.8V DC external or 7.2 V DC Li-Ion battery
Current RX 700 mA 500 mA ?
TX 18 A max - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1979 and 19xx in Japan Between 2006 and 20xx in Japan Between 2020 and 202x in Japan
Dimensions 241 × 94 × 235 mm
(9.49 × 3.70 × 9.25 in)
203 × 30 × 228 mm
(7.99 × 1.18 × 8.98 in)
200 × 80 × 85 mm
(7.87 × 3.15 × 3.35 in)
Weight 5.60 kg (12.4 lbs) 1.80 kg (4.0 lbs) 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Headless Mobile

Other features

Memories None 1000 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 25 channels/second 10000 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Vox, NB, RIT, Digital readout RS-232 and USB computer interface (19200 bps)
10.7 MHz IF OUT
4.3" touch screen color display
Spectrum scope and waterfall
Micro SD card slot
Voice recorder
Built-in Bluetooth, WLAN and GPS (with logger)
Accessories ? ? Not specified
MPN KENWOOD-TS-000120S AOR-SR-002200 ICOM-IC-000705