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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile Transceiver
Dual band FM Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  ? 2m  70cm 
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. ? ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps ? ? 2.5 / 5 / 6.25 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m + WARC 136-156 / 150-174 MHz 65-108 / 136-174 / 400-480 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   FM   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity 0.25 µV at 10 dB S+N/N ? ≤ 0.2 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 3.6 kHz (-60 dB) ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 8.83 MHz
2nd: 445 kHz
? ?
Image rejection > 60 dB ? ?
Audio output 1.5 W @ 8 ohm ? 1 W

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 136-156 / 150-174 MHz 136-174 / 400-480 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   FM   FM   N-FM  
RF-output 100 W max 45 W 1 / 4 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains ? 7.4 V DC Li-ion, 1800 mAh
Current RX 32 W ? 380 mA max
TX 295 W ? 1.5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 19xx Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2011 and 201x in China
Dimensions 333 × 133 × 333 mm
(13.11 × 5.24 × 13.11 in)
? 110 × 58 × 32 mm
(4.33 × 2.28 × 1.26 in)
Weight 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs) ? ?
Form factor Base Station Mobile Handheld

Other features

Memories ? ? 128 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Commercial / Land mobile communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features VOX
ACG
ALC
RIT
Attenuator
Noise blanker
? Reversable LCD
LED Flashlight
CTCSS / DCS
DTMF
1750 Hz
VOX
PC programmable
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TS-000830M KENWOOD-TK-000730 BAOFENG-A000052