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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

Current value
USD 254 ~ USD 507
USD 5,586
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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)  10m 
Freq. stability ? 1 ppm/month, 1 Hz/°C after 15 min. warm-up at 25°C typical
Tuning steps 9 / 10 / 100 / 1000 Hz ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.05-35 MHz 10 kHz - 30 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB   AFSK  
Sensitivity AM (10 dB S/N)
0.5-1.6 MHz: 39.8 µV
1.6-21.5 MHz: 2.5 µV
21.5-30 MHz: 2.5 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
21.5-30 MHz: 0.35 µV
SSB/CW (10 dB S+N/N)
0.5-1.6 MHz: 4 µV
1.6-30 MHz: 0.25 µV
0.25 µV (-118 dBm or better) for 10 dB S:N
Selectivity AM 6 kHz (-6 dB), 18 kHz (-50 dB)
FM 12 kHz (-6 dB), 25 kHz (-50 dB)
SSB/CW 2.2 kHz (-6 dB), 4.4 kHz (-60 dB)
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Filters ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 40.055 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
1st: 40.455 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
Image rejection -50 dB 80 dB
Audio output 1.5 W at 10% distortion / 8 ohms ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 1.6-30 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   CW   USB   LSB   AFSK  
RF-output AM: Max 40 W, FM: Max 50 W, SSB/CW: Max 100 W 150 W (200 W high power option)

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 12-16 V DC 12-15V DC or mains
Current RX 1.5 A ?
TX 20 A max Max 40 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1987 and 199x in Japan Between 1981 and 1984 in USA
Dimensions 270 × 96 × 270 mm
(10.63 × 3.78 × 10.63 in)
412 × 198 × 452 mm
(16.22 × 7.80 × 17.80 in)
Weight 6.10 kg (13.5 lbs) 22.70 kg (50.1 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 31 channels in 1 bank(s) 9 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features IF Shift
RIT
VFO Tuning Torque adjust
Multifunction meter
Speech processor
Numerous I/O jacks
RF attenuator
Dual VFO. Full QSK Computer control
Accessories ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TS-000140S SIGNAL/ONE-MILSPEC-001030