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

General

HAM bands 2m  70cm  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 ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 136-165 / 438-450 MHz 10-160 m + WARC 70-90 / 140-170 / 460-470 MHz
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   FM  
Sensitivity ? 0.25 µV at 10 dB S+N/N ?
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)
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Filters ? 0.5 / 2.4 kHz ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne XTAL
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 8.83 MHz
2nd: 445 kHz
?
Image rejection ? > 60 dB ?
Audio output ? 1.5 W @ 8 ohm ?

Transmitter

TX-range 144-148 / 440-450 MHz 10-160 m + WARC -
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   -
RF-output High: 5/5 W, Medium: ?/?, Low: ?/? W 100 W max ?

Connections

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

Electrical

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

Physical

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

Other features

Memories 42 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 30 channels in 3 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
?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TH-000077A KENWOOD-TS-000830S PUMA-000030