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Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
SSB Transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  70cm  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  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. Less than 100 Hz per 30 minutes after warm-up
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 136-165 / 438-450 MHz 10-160 m + WARC 8-10 m
3.5-4 / 7-7.5 / 14-14.5 / 21-21.5 / 28.5-29 MHz
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? 0.25 µV at 10 dB S+N/N 0.5 µV input S/N 10 dB
Selectivity ? SSB/CW wide
2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 3.6 kHz (-60 dB)
CW narrow
With YK-88C: 500 Hz (-6 dB), 1.5 kHz (-60 dB)
With YK-88CN: 270 Hz (-6 dB), 820 Hz (-60 dB)
With YG-455C: 500 Hz (-6 dB), 820 Hz (-60 dB)
With YG-455CN: 250 Hz (-6 dB), 500 Hz (-60 dB)
2.4 kHz @ - 6 dB, 4 kHz @ -60 dB
Filters ? 0.5 / 2.4 kHz ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 8.83 MHz
2nd: 445 kHz
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Image rejection ? > 60 dB 50 dB
Audio output ? 1.5 W @ 8 ohm 1 W @ 10% distortion into 8 Ohms

Transmitter

TX-range 144-148 / 440-450 MHz 10-160 m + WARC 8-10 m
3.5-4 / 7-7.5 / 14-14.5 / 21-21.5 / 28.5-29 MHz
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output High: 5/5 W, Medium: ?/?, Low: ?/? W 100 W max 100 W (240 W input)

Connections

Antenna BNC SO-239 -
Impedance 50 Ω 50/75Ω 50-100Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ?V DC Mains External PSU
Current RX ? 295 W ?
TX ? 32 W ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 199x and 199x Between 1981 and 19xx Between 197x and 198x
Dimensions ? 333 × 133 × 333 mm
(13.11 × 5.24 × 13.11 in)
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Weight ? 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs) 8.00 kg (17.7 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 42 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 6 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features CTCSS & DTSS. Twin RX VOX
ACG
ALC
RIT
Attenuator
Noise blanker
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TH-000077A KENWOOD-TS-000830S TEMPO-ONE