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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  10m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 9 / 10 / 100 / 1000 Hz ? 12.5 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.05-35 MHz 28-30 MHz 430-440 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   CW   SSB   FM  
Sensitivity AM (10 dB S/N)
0.5-1.6 MHz: 39.8 µV
1.6-21.5 MHz: 2.5 µV
21.5-30 MHz: 2.5 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
21.5-30 MHz: 0.35 µV
SSB/CW (10 dB S+N/N)
0.5-1.6 MHz: 4 µV
1.6-30 MHz: 0.25 µV
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Selectivity AM 6 kHz (-6 dB), 18 kHz (-50 dB)
FM 12 kHz (-6 dB), 25 kHz (-50 dB)
SSB/CW 2.2 kHz (-6 dB), 4.4 kHz (-60 dB)
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 40.055 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
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Image rejection -50 dB ? ?
Audio output 1.5 W at 10% distortion / 8 ohms ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 28-30 MHz 430-440 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   CW   SSB   FM  
RF-output AM: Max 40 W, FM: Max 50 W, SSB/CW: Max 100 W SSB: 20 W (PEP), CW: 20 W High: 35 W, Low: 4 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 12-16 V DC 13.8V DC 13.8V DC
Current RX 1.5 A Max 700 mA 500-700 mA
TX 20 A max Max 5 A Max 8.5 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1987 and 199x in Japan Between 1987 and 19xx Between 1987 and 19xx in Japan
Dimensions 270 × 96 × 270 mm
(10.63 × 3.78 × 10.63 in)
180 × 60 × 250 mm
(7.09 × 2.36 × 9.84 in)
160 × 50 × 175 mm
(6.30 × 1.97 × 6.89 in)
Weight 6.10 kg (13.5 lbs) 2.60 kg (5.7 lbs) 1.50 kg (3.3 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Mobile

Other features

Memories 31 channels in 1 bank(s) ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features IF Shift
RIT
VFO Tuning Torque adjust
Multifunction meter
Speech processor
Numerous I/O jacks
RF attenuator
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TS-000140S TOKYO-HY-POWER-HT-000110 YAESU-FT-000711RH