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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
2m Transceiver | 65 W

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  2m 
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. ± 3 p.p.m.
Tuning steps ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m + WARC 136-174 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity 0.25 µV at 10 dB S+N/N Less than 0.18μV
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)
W-FM
More than 6kHz (at 6dB)
Less than 14kHz (at 60dB)

N-FM
More than 3kHz (at 6dB)
Less than 9kHz (at 55dB)
Filters 0.5 / 2.4 kHz ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 8.83 MHz
2nd: 445 kHz
1st: 46.35 MHz
2nd: 450 kHz
Image rejection > 60 dB > 60 dB
Audio output 1.5 W @ 8 ohm 4.5W typ. (10% dist. 4Ω load)

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 2m
Modulations CW   SSB   FM   N-FM  
RF-output 100 W max 5 / 10 / 25 / 65 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50/75Ω 50Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC ±15%
Current RX 295 W 0.4-1.5 A
TX 32 W 11 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 19xx Between 2011 and 20xx
Dimensions 333 × 133 × 333 mm
(13.11 × 5.24 × 13.11 in)
140 × 40 × 162 mm
(5.51 × 1.57 × 6.38 in)
Weight 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs) 1.10 kg (2.4 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? 207 channels in 10 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features VOX
ACG
ALC
RIT
Attenuator
Noise blanker
CTCSS / DTCS
MIL-STD 810 G tested
Power supply voltage display
Wide/narrow channel setting
DTMF autodial
Time-out timer
Repeater lockout
Automatic power off
S-meter squelch
Selectable LCD backlight color (amber, yellow and green)
Weather channel receive and alert function (USA version only)
Automatic repeater function (USA version only)
Selectable squelch delay from short and long
Squelch attenuator reduces suppression from strong signals
PC to Tx and Tx to Tx cloning capability
Accessories ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TS-000830S ICOM-IC-002300H