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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

Current value
USD 121 ~ USD 319
USD 538 ~ USD 559
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HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability Less than 100 Hz after 30 minute warm-up, less than 2 kHz in first hour of operation ?
Tuning steps Continuous Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 10-80 m
Modulations CW   SSB   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity 15-80 m: better than 0.5 µV (10 dB S/N)
10 m: better than 1.5 µV (10 dB S/N)
15-160 m: 0.4 µV (10 dB S/N)
10 m: 0.6 µV (10 dB S/N)
Selectivity 1.2 kHz (-6 dB), 2.4 kHz (-60 dB) 2.7 kHz (-6 dB) / 4.3 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ?
Receiver system ? Single conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 5.52 MHz
Image rejection 50 dB 60 dB
Audio output > 1 watts (with 10% distortion) 2 W / 3.2 ohms

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m 10-80 m
Modulations CW   SSB   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output 15-80 m: 160 W (input), 10 m: 120 W (input) 50-100 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains (with PS-510) 13.8 V DC
Current RX 180 W max 300-500 mA
TX 315 W max 16 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 197x and 19xx Between 1975 and 1979 in USA
Dimensions 330 × 215 × 345 mm
(12.99 × 8.46 × 13.58 in)
240 × 90 × 250 mm
(9.45 × 3.54 × 9.84 in)
Weight 9.50 kg (21.0 lbs) 3.10 kg (6.8 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? 100 kHz calibrator
Dimmer
Accessories ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TS-000510 ATLAS-000210