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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ?
Tuning steps ? 1 / 10 / 100 Hz
1 / 9 / 10 / 500 kHz
1 MHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-30 MHz 0.1-30 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK  
Sensitivity AM (10 dB S+N/N)
0.1-1.6 MHz: 3 µV
1.6-30 MHz: <0.5 µV
SSB/CW/RTTY (10 dB S+N/N)
0.1-1.6 MHz: 1 µV
1.6-30 MHz: <0.15 µV
FM (10 dB SINAD)
1.6-30 MHz: <0.3 µV
AM (10 dB S+N/N)
0.1-0.5 MHz: 2 µV
0.5-1.62 MHz: 32 µV
1.62-24.5 MHz: 0.2 µV
24.5-30 MHz: 1.3 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
28-30 MHz: 0.25 µV
SSB/CW/FSK (10 dB S+N/N)
0.1-0.5 MHz: 0.2 µV
0.5-1.62 MHz: 4 µV
1.62-24.5 MHz: 0.2 µV
24.5-30 MHz: 0.13 µV
Selectivity AM: 2.7-6 kHz (-6 dB), 15 kHz (-50 dB)
SSB/CW/RTTY: 0.5-2.3 kHz (-6 dB), 4.2 kHz (-60 dB)
CW-N/RTTY-N: 500 Hz (-6 dB), 1.5 kHz (-60 dB)
FM: 15 kHz (-6 dB), 25 kHz (-60 dB)
AM
6 kHz (-6 dB), 15 kHz (-60 dB)
FM
12 kHz (-6 dB), 24 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB/CW/FSK
2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 3.8 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ?
Receiver system ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 73.05 MHz
2nd: 8.83 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
Image rejection >60 dB 80 dB
Audio output ? 1.5 W at 10% distortion / 8 ohms

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK  
RF-output ? 100 W (AM 40 W)

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains (13.8V DC option) 13.8 V DC
Current RX ? 2 A
TX - 20.5 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1984 and 1996 Between 199x and 199x in Japan
Dimensions 286 × 111 × 276 mm
(11.26 × 4.37 × 10.87 in)
330 × 120 × 334 mm
(12.99 × 4.72 × 13.15 in)
Weight 7.50 kg (16.5 lbs) 11.00 kg (24.3 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 32 channels in 1 bank(s) 105 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features PBT Digital Signal Processing (DSP)
CTCSS/PL
Built-in keyer
AIP
VOX
Dimmer
Accessories ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-R000071A KENWOOD-TS-000850S