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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile Shortwave Transmitter

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  2m  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  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. ± 50 Hz after 30 minutes ?
Tuning steps ? Continuous (100 Hz display resolution) ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m + WARC 0.15-30 MHz (118-174 MHz option) -
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity 0.25 µV at 10 dB S+N/N 0.4 µV 1.8-30 MHz, SSB/CW (S+N/N=10dB) ?
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)
AM 6.0 kHz
SSB/CW 2.7 kHz
FM 12.5 kHz
?
Filters 0.5 / 2.4 kHz ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 8.83 MHz
2nd: 445 kHz
1st: 47.055 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
?
Image rejection > 60 dB ? ?
Audio output 1.5 W @ 8 ohm 1.4 Watts at 8 Ohms ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC - 80-10 m
Modulations CW   SSB   - -
RF-output 100 W max ? 60 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 -
Impedance 50/75Ω 50/500Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains ?
Current RX 295 W ? -
TX 32 W - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 19xx Between 1985 and 1993 in Japan Between 195x and 19xx in USA
Dimensions 333 × 133 × 333 mm
(13.11 × 5.24 × 13.11 in)
334 × 118 × 225 mm
(13.15 × 4.65 × 8.86 in)
?
Weight 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs) 6.10 kg (13.5 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? 12 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
? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TS-000830S YAESU-FRG-008800 MORROW-MB-000560