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Mobile UHF Transceiver
Portable 32-band Shortwave Receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 70cm  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? < 100 Hz / hour after 30 minutes warm-up
Tuning steps ? Continuous Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 430-440 MHz 150-400 / 530-1605 kHz
1.6-30 / 87.5-108 MHz
10-80 m
Modulations All mode   AM   W-FM   CW   SSB   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity SSB/CW: Better than 0.11 µV (10 dB S+N/N)
FM: Better than 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD)
W-FM: 1.8 µV (30 dB S/N)
SW: 0.7 µV
MW: 32 µV
LW: 57 µV
≤ 0.5 µV for 10 dB S/N
Selectivity SSB/CW: 2.2 kHz (-6 dB), 4.8 kHz (-60 dB)
FM: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 24 kHz (-60 dB)
FM: ≥ 70 dB
AM: 16 kHz (-60 dB)
2.1 kHz @ -6 dB / 7 kHz @ -60 dB (3.395 MHz filter)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double/triple conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? SW: 45.145 MHz / 455 kHz
FM: 10.7 MHz
MW/LW: 455 kHz
?
Image rejection Better than 60 dB W-FM: 60 dB @ 104 MHz AM: 55 dB @1.605 MHz, 80 dB @ 360 kHz ?
Audio output ? 2 W internal speaker 2 W @ 10% distortion

Transmitter

TX-range 430-440 MHz - 10-80 m
Modulations All mode   - CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output High: 25 W, Low: 5 W - 100 W (80-15m) 80 W (10m)

Connections

Antenna N-type Clamps / screws + Built-in ferrite bar + Built-in telescopic -
Impedance 50 Ω 50/75Ω 50-75Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 11-16V DC 12V DC external, 8 x R20 batteries or mains External high-voltage power supply
Current RX Max 1 A ? ?
TX Max 7.5 A - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1987 and 19xx Between 1976 and 1980 in Japan Between 1968 and 197x in USA
Dimensions 180 × 60 × 215 mm
(7.09 × 2.36 × 8.46 in)
452 × 310 × 208 mm
(17.80 × 12.20 × 8.19 in)
380 × 163 × 335 mm
(14.96 × 6.42 × 13.19 in)
Weight 2.50 kg (5.5 lbs) 13.15 kg (29.0 lbs) 8.50 kg (18.8 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Portable Base Station

Other features

Memories 10 channels in 1 bank(s) None None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Quartz clock/timer ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TR-000851E SONY-CRF-000320 HEATHKIT-HW-000100