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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Linear Amplifier

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  40m  20m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous Continuous Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m + WWV 10/20/40/80/160 m ?
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   AM   CW   -
Sensitivity 0.5 µV (10 dB S+N/N) ? ?
Selectivity SSB: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.2 kHz (-60 dB)
CW: 500 Hz (-6 dB), 1.5 kHz (-60 dB), with optionalo CW filter
? ?
Filters 500 Hz CW ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. 8.83 MHz ? ?
Image rejection 50 dB ? ?
Audio output 1.5 W at 10% distortion / 8 ohms ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m - 1.8-29.7 MHz
160-10m
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   - CW   SSB  
RF-output SSB: ±10 W PEP (25 W PEP input)
CW: ±10 W DC (20 W DC input)
? 30 kW @ 200 W input

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC ? Mains
Current RX 2 A ? ?
TX 5 A - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1978 and 19xx in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 2011 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions 241 × 94 × 235 mm
(9.49 × 3.70 × 9.25 in)
? 540 × 610 × 720 mm
(21.26 × 24.02 × 28.35 in)
Weight 4.90 kg (10.8 lbs) ? 224.00 kg (494.2 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 4 channels in 1 bank(s) None None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Vox
NB
RIT
Digital readout
? Eimac 4CX15000A/D tube
Accessories Antenna tuner
Ham clock, 24 hour type
High performance dynamic headphones, 8 ohms
Deluxe headphones, 8 ohms
Mobile mount
Dynamic hand microphone. 50 Kohm
Dynamic hand microphone. 500 ohms
Dynamic desk microphone. 500 ohms or 50 Kohm switchable
Regulated power supply. 13.8 V DC, 4.5 A
Regulated power supply. 13.8 V DC, 20 A
External speaker
External VFO
500 Hz CW narrow filter. IF: 8.83 MHz
? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TS-000120V NATIONAL-COMPANY-NC-000101X DRESSLER-TSUNAMI-000030K