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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 9 / 10 / 100 / 1000 Hz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.05-35 MHz 10-160 m All International Maritime VHF channels
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   CW   SSB   FM  
Sensitivity AM (10 dB S/N)
0.5-1.6 MHz: 39.8 µV
1.6-21.5 MHz: 2.5 µV
21.5-30 MHz: 2.5 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
21.5-30 MHz: 0.35 µV
SSB/CW (10 dB S+N/N)
0.5-1.6 MHz: 4 µV
1.6-30 MHz: 0.25 µV
? ?
Selectivity AM 6 kHz (-6 dB), 18 kHz (-50 dB)
FM 12 kHz (-6 dB), 25 kHz (-50 dB)
SSB/CW 2.2 kHz (-6 dB), 4.4 kHz (-60 dB)
? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 40.055 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
? ?
Image rejection -50 dB ? ?
Audio output 1.5 W at 10% distortion / 8 ohms ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 10-160 m All International Maritime VHF channels
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   CW   SSB   FM  
RF-output AM: Max 40 W, FM: Max 50 W, SSB/CW: Max 100 W 100 W 25 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 12-16 V DC 13.8V DC 12/24 V DC
Current RX 1.5 A ? 220 mA
TX 20 A max ? 4 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1987 and 199x in Japan Between 1980 and 19xx Between 1973 and 197x in Denmark
Dimensions 270 × 96 × 270 mm
(10.63 × 3.78 × 10.63 in)
362 × 162 × 337 mm
(14.25 × 6.38 × 13.27 in)
320 × 220 × 195 mm
(12.60 × 8.66 × 7.68 in)
Weight 6.10 kg (13.5 lbs) 10.60 kg (23.4 lbs) 12.00 kg (26.5 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories 31 channels in 1 bank(s) ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy
Features IF Shift
RIT
VFO Tuning Torque adjust
Multifunction meter
Speech processor
Numerous I/O jacks
RF attenuator
? Simplex and duplex operation supported
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TS-000140S SWAN-(CUBIC)-000102-BX SAILOR-RT000143