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HF Transceiver
Handheld UHF Transceiver
USB-dongle SDR receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  70cm  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? +/- 0.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps ? 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 50 kHz Software defined

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m + WWV 15.0 MHz 430-440 MHz 0.01-55 MHz (500 MHz with oversampling)
Modulations CW   SSB   FSK   FM   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   Multiple (Software defined)  
Sensitivity 0.5 µV (10 dB (S+N)/N) ? 0.35 µV
Selectivity SSB/FSK: 2.2 kHz (-6 dB), 4.4 kHz (-60 dB)
CW: 0.5 kHz (-6 dB), 1.5 kHz (-60 dB) with optional CW filter
? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? Direct down conversion, software defined
IF-freqs. ? ? Software defined
Image rejection 50 dB ? ?
Audio output ? ? None

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m + WWV 15.0 MHz 430-440 MHz -
Modulations CW   SSB   FSK   FM   -
RF-output SSB: 300 W (PEP input), CW: 200 W (input), FSK: 100 W (input) 230 mW ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 3 V DC (2 × AA) 5 V DC (USB 2.0)
Current RX ? ? 410 mA max
TX ? ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 197x and 197x in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2017 and 20xx in Germany
Dimensions 320 × 140 × 320 mm
(12.60 × 5.51 × 12.60 in)
58 × 80 × 25 mm
(2.28 × 3.15 × 0.98 in)
25 × 17 × 90 mm
(0.98 × 0.67 × 3.54 in)
Weight 12.00 kg (26.5 lbs) 130 gr (4.6 oz) 43 gr (1.5 oz)
Form factor Unknown Handheld Headless

Other features

Memories ? 20 channels in 1 bank(s) 10000 channels in 10000 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Spectrum scope bandwidth up to 62.5 MHz
14-bit ADC (Texas Instruments ADS4145)
Aluminium case
1.5 MHz sampling rate
Client-Server application possible (remote control)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TS-000900 STANDARD-C-000408 EXPERT-ELECTRONICS-COLIBRINANO