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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Transmitter
Marine Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 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 10-160 m + WARC - 130-3750 kHz in 3 bands
Modulations CW   SSB   - AM  
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)
? ?
Filters 0.5 / 2.4 kHz ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? Superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 8.83 MHz
2nd: 445 kHz
? 127 kHz
Image rejection > 60 dB ? ?
Audio output 1.5 W @ 8 ohm ? 1 W

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 80 or 40 m -
Modulations CW   SSB   CW   -
RF-output 100 W max ±7.5 W ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - -
Impedance 50/75Ω 50Ω 70Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains ? 12 V DC, 24 V DC optional
Current RX 295 W - ?
TX 32 W ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 19xx Between 196x and 19xx in USA Between 1950 and 195x in Great Britain
Dimensions 333 × 133 × 333 mm
(13.11 × 5.24 × 13.11 in)
? 425 × 222 × 254 mm
(16.73 × 8.74 × 10.00 in)
Weight 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs) ? ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy
Features VOX
ACG
ALC
RIT
Attenuator
Noise blanker
? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TS-000830S AMECO-AC-000001 EDDYSTONE-000720