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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile Transceiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 10-80m 0.1-30 MHz 26.965-27.255 MHz
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AM   FM  
Sensitivity ? 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
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Selectivity ? 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)
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Triple conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 73.05 MHz
2nd: 8.83 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
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Image rejection ? 80 dB ?
Audio output ? 1.5 W at 10% distortion / 8 ohms ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80m 10-160 m + WARC 26.965-27.255 MHz
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AM   FM  
RF-output 180W PEP 100 W (AM 40 W) 3.5 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8 V DC ?
Current RX ? 2 A ?
TX ? 20.5 A ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1967 and 1970 in USA Between 199x and 199x in Japan Between 1984 and 198x
Dimensions ? 330 × 120 × 334 mm
(12.99 × 4.72 × 13.15 in)
170 × 55 × 155 mm
(6.69 × 2.17 × 6.10 in)
Weight ? 11.00 kg (24.3 lbs) 1.30 kg (2.9 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? 105 channels in 1 bank(s) 24 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc)
Features ? Digital Signal Processing (DSP)
CTCSS/PL
Built-in keyer
AIP
VOX
Dimmer
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-SB-000101 KENWOOD-TS-000850S ZODIAC-DIGI-000024-FM