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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile 6m Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  6m  ?
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 50-54 MHz 0.54-30 MHz in 5 bands
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   AM   CW  
Sensitivity 15-80 m: better than 0.5 µV (10 dB S/N)
10 m: better than 1.5 µV (10 dB S/N)
? ?
Selectivity 1.2 kHz (-6 dB), 2.4 kHz (-60 dB) ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Superheterodyne Single conversion
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection 50 dB ? ?
Audio output > 1 watts (with 10% distortion) Internal speaker ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m 50-54 MHz -
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   -
RF-output 15-80 m: 160 W (input), 10 m: 120 W (input) ? ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 + Built-in telescopic -
Impedance 50/75Ω 50Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains (with PS-510) 13 V DC Mains
Current RX 180 W max ? ?
TX 315 W max ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 197x and 19xx Between 197x and 197x Between 196x and 196x in USA
Dimensions 330 × 215 × 345 mm
(12.99 × 8.46 × 13.58 in)
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Weight 9.50 kg (21.0 lbs) ? ?
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories None None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TS-000510 KENWOOD-TR-001100 NATIONAL-COMPANY-NC-000120