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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver
Portable HF/VHF Receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  2m  ?
Freq. stability Within 100 Hz after warm up ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 + WWV m 2 m (200 kHz per XTAL) 0.525-31 MHz / 88-108 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   CW   SSB   AM   W-FM   SSB  
Sensitivity 0.25 µV for 10 dB S/N ? ?
Selectivity 2.4 kHz @ -6 dB / 4.2 kHz @ -60 dB ? ?
Filters - ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne VXO. Max 4 XTALS ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 1.5 W (8 ohm / 10% THD) ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m 2 m (200 kHz per XTAL) -
Modulations CW   SSB   CW   SSB   -
RF-output Max 100 W 1 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8 V DC (12-16 V DC) ?V DC 13.8V DC or mains
Current RX 700 mA ? ?
TX 18 A max ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1979 and 19xx in Japan Between 1979 and 19xx in Japan Between 1979 and 1983 in Japan
Dimensions 241 × 94 × 235 mm
(9.49 × 3.70 × 9.25 in)
? 482 × 200 × 354 mm
(18.98 × 7.87 × 13.94 in)
Weight 5.60 kg (12.4 lbs) ? 8.00 kg (17.7 lbs) less batteries
Form factor Base Station Mobile Portable

Other features

Memories None ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Vox, NB, RIT, Digital readout ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TS-000120S MIZUHO-SB-000002X NATIONAL-/-PANASONIC-DR-000049