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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability Withing 1 kHz during the first hour after 1 minute of warm up. Withing 100 Hz during any 30 minute period after warm up. 1500 Hz first 30 min, after that 400 Hz at room temperature
Tuning steps ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m + WARC 80-10 m
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity 0.25 µV at 10 dB S+N/N 0.5µV for 10dB S/N in SSB
Selectivity 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 3.6 kHz (-60 dB) SSB: 2.8 kHz (-6 dB)
Filters ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne Singel conversion with premixed crytal-controlled HF-oscillators and tunable VFO
IF-freqs. 1st: 8.83 MHz
2nd: 445 kHz
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Image rejection > 60 dB ?
Audio output 1.5 W @ 8 ohm 2W @ 3.2 ohms

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 80-10 m
(USB on 20, 15 and 10 m, LSB on 80 and 40 m)
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB  
RF-output 100 W max AM: 125 W, SSB: 500 W (PEP), CW: 390 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 Clamps / screws
Impedance 50/75Ω 40-60Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains (117 or 234 V AC ±10%)
Current RX 32 W ?
TX 295 W ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 19xx Between 19xx and 19xx in USA
Dimensions 333 × 133 × 333 mm
(13.11 × 5.24 × 13.11 in)
197 × 165 × 280 mm
(7.76 × 6.50 × 11.02 in)
Weight 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs) 9.50 kg (21.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features VOX
ACG
ALC
RIT
Attenuator
Noise blanker
Full AGC
S-Meter
ALC
Accessories ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TS-000830M NATIONAL-COMPANY-NCX-000500