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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 0.15 p.p.m. over a 30 day period
Tuning steps ? ? 10 / 20 / 1000 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 0.15-30 MHz ? 15 kHz - 30 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AM   FM   APCO-25   AM   CW   USB   LSB   ISB   FSK  
Sensitivity ? ? 0.5-30 Hz, 15 dB with 1 µV (EMF) input
50-500 kHz, 15 dB with 3 µV (EMF) input
15-50 kHz, 15 dB with 10 µV (EMF) input
Selectivity ? ? 250-3000 kHz @ -6 dB
-650- +4100 Hz @ -60 dB
Filters ? ? 3.0 / 1.2 / 0.3 kHz
Receiver system ? Triple conversion PLL super-heterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 380.8 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
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Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 250 mW Line, phone or 50 mW internal speaker

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC - -
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   - -
RF-output Max 100 W (AM: 50 W) ? ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 BNC BNC
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω 50-75Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12-16V DC 6V DC (4 ea. "AA" alkaline, NiCAD or NiMH) 9V DC 500 mA regulated power supply Mains (100-125 V AC or 200-250 V AC)
Current RX 1.9 A ? 60-90 VA
TX Max 20 A - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1986 and 19xx Between 200x and 200x in China Between 19xx and 19xx in Great Britain
Dimensions 270 × 96 × 313 mm
(10.63 × 3.78 × 12.32 in)
65 × 145 × 42 mm
(2.56 × 5.71 × 1.65 in)
483 × 178 × 410 mm
(19.02 × 7.01 × 16.14 in)
Weight 6.30 kg (13.9 lbs) 240 gr (8.5 oz) 22.00 kg (48.5 lbs) rack mounted
Form factor Base Station Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 1800 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 55 channels/second 12 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication
Features Auto-AT option. CTCSS / DCS
Multi trunking (Motorola, EDACS, LTR and P25)
SAME / SKYWARN
"Object Oriented" programming
USB computer interface
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TS-000440S RADIOSHACK-/-REALISTIC-ADV000801 RACAL-RA-001778