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Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m 
Freq. stability ? Withing 1 kHz during the first hour after 1 minute of warm up. Withing 100 Hz during any 30 minute period after warm up.
Tuning steps user-selectable in any steps of 5 kHz and 12.5 kHz up to 995 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-1300 MHz 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity N-FM: 0.5 µV or better for 12dB across most of the range.
AM: 3.0 µV or better for 10dB S/N across most of the range.
SSB: 1.5 µV or better across most of the range
Reduced sensitivity below approx. 2 MHz all modes
0.25 µV at 10 dB S+N/N
Selectivity ? 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 3.6 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ?
Receiver system Superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 8.83 MHz
2nd: 445 kHz
Image rejection ? > 60 dB
Audio output > 100 mW @ 10% distortion 1.5 W @ 8 ohm

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations - AM   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? 100 W max

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 4.8-6 V DC internal or 11-18 V DC external Mains
Current RX 100 mA max 32 W
TX - 295 W

Physical

Manufactured Between 1992 and 199x Between 1981 and 19xx
Dimensions 55 × 152 × 40 mm
(2.17 × 5.98 × 1.57 in)
333 × 133 × 333 mm
(13.11 × 5.24 × 13.11 in)
Weight 360 gr (12.7 oz) including battery pack 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories 1000 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 20 channels/second ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? VOX
ACG
ALC
RIT
Attenuator
Noise blanker
Accessories ? ?
MPN AOR-AR-001500 KENWOOD-TS-000830M