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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Portable VHF-FM Transceiver
VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  2m  2m 
Freq. stability < 400 cycles before warm up; < 100 cycles after warm up; < 100 cycles for 10% line voltage change ? ?
Tuning steps ? Channelized 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 80-10 m (3.5-30 MHz in 12 600kHz segments) 144-146 MHz 144-146 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   FM   FM  
Sensitivity < 0.5µV @ 10 db signal to noise. ? ?
Selectivity 5kHz (6 dB) or better ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne XTAL Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 10.7 MHz
455 kHz
1st: 10.7 MHz
2nd: 455 KHz - Ceramic filter: CFT455F2
Image rejection 60dB ? ?
Audio output 1W @ 3% THD 700 mW ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-146 MHz 144-146 MHz
Modulations - FM   FM  
RF-output ? 1 W 1 W

Connections

Antenna - Built-in telescopic Built-in sweep
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains (120 VAC) 10.4-15.2V DC 9.6-16V DC
Current RX 40W 55 mA 45 mA
TX - Max 420 mA 450 mA

Physical

Manufactured Between 1961 and 1964 in USA Between 197x and 197x in Japan Between 1979 and 198x in Japan
Dimensions 305 × 180 × 230 mm
(12.01 × 7.09 × 9.06 in)
135 × 58 × 191 mm
(5.31 × 2.28 × 7.52 in)
122 × 51 × 175 mm
(4.80 × 2.01 × 6.89 in)
Weight 6.55 kg (14.5 lbs) 1.80 kg (4.0 lbs) 10 × NiCd and mic included 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs) 10*NiCd included
Form factor Base Station Portable Unknown

Other features

Memories ? 12 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Illuminated dial PLL: SM5104GA
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-000002-B KENWOOD-TR-002200G KENWOOD-TR-002300