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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Headless HF/VHF Transceiver
Mobile CB Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  11m (CB) 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous 0.001-10.000 MHz kHz Channelized

Receiver

RX-range 0.2-30 MHz 0.01-60 MHz 26.965-27.595 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   AM  
Sensitivity AM (10 dB S+N/N)
0.2-2 MHz: 20 µV
2-30 MHz: 2 µV
SSB (10 dB S+N/N)
0.2-2 MHz: 0.2-2 MHz: 5 µV
2-30 MHz: 0.5 µV
? ?
Selectivity AM Wide: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 25 kHz (-50 dB)
AM Narrow: 6 kHz (-6 dB), 18 kHz (-50 dB)
SSB/CW: 2.7 kHz (-6 dB), 5 kHz (-60 dB)
? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 48.055 MHz
2nd: 455 KHz
? ?
Image rejection >60 dB ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 0.01-60 MHz 26.965-27.595 MHz
Modulations - AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   AM  
RF-output ? 5 W 10 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 BNC -
Impedance 50/1000Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains (12V DC option, DCK-1) ? ?
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1979 and 1985 in Japan Between 2009 and 20xx Between 197x and 197x in Japan
Dimensions 300 × 115 × 218 mm
(11.81 × 4.53 × 8.58 in)
? 156 × 55 × 205 mm
(6.14 × 2.17 × 8.07 in)
Weight 5.50 kg (12.1 lbs) ? 1.50 kg (3.3 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Headless Mobile

Other features

Memories None 100000 channels in bank(s) 60 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc)
Features 12hr clock and timer SDR (Software Defined Radio) ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-R-001000 FLEXRADIO-FLEX-001500 SOMMERKAMP-TS-000660S