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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile Transceiver
Mobile Transceiver

General

HAM bands 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 ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m + WARC 17 m 80 m
Modulations CW   SSB   - -
Sensitivity 0.25 µV at 10 dB S+N/N 0.25µV typical for 10 dB S/N 0.25µV typical for 10 dB S/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)
4 pole crystal ladder filter (1 kHz nominal bandwidth) 4 pole crystal ladder filter (1 kHz nominal bandwidth)
Filters 0.5 / 2.4 kHz ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne Single conversion superhet, JFET mixer Single conversion superhet, JFET mixer
IF-freqs. 1st: 8.83 MHz
2nd: 445 kHz
? 11 MHz
Image rejection > 60 dB ? ?
Audio output 1.5 W @ 8 ohm 300 mW @ 4 ohms. Built-in 4" speaker in top of cabinet. 300 mW @ 4 ohms. Built-in 4" speaker in top of cabinet.

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 17 m 80 m
Modulations CW   SSB   - -
RF-output 100 W max 3W 3W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 12-14V DC 12-14V DC
Current RX 295 W 35-80mA 35-80mA
TX 32 W 800mA 800mA

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 19xx Between 19xx and 19xx Between 19xx and 20xx
Dimensions 333 × 133 × 333 mm
(13.11 × 5.24 × 13.11 in)
152 × 70 × 152 mm
(5.98 × 2.76 × 5.98 in)
152 × 70 × 152 mm
(5.98 × 2.76 × 5.98 in)
Weight 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs) 1.02 kg (2.3 lbs) 1.02 kg (2.3 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features VOX
ACG
ALC
RIT
Attenuator
Noise blanker
? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TS-000830S TEN-TEC-001317 TEN-TEC-001380