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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop HF/VHF/UHF Transceiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  70cm  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 ? ? 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m + WARC 10-160 m + WARC
50-54 / 144-146 / 430-440 optional modules
All International Maritime VHF channels
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   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)
? ?
Filters 0.5 / 2.4 kHz ? ?
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 ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 10-160 m + WARC
50-54 / 144-146 / 430-440 optional modules
All International Maritime VHF channels
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   FM  
RF-output 100 W max HF: 100 W, VHF/UHF: 10W 25 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains 12/24 V DC
Current RX 295 W ? ?
TX 32 W ? 5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 19xx Between 1986 and 19xx in Japan Between 197x and 198x in Denmark
Dimensions 333 × 133 × 333 mm
(13.11 × 5.24 × 13.11 in)
? 320 × 220 × 165 mm
(12.60 × 8.66 × 6.50 in)
Weight 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs) ? 9.00 kg (19.9 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
? Dual Watch
Instant Channel 16
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TS-000830S YAESU-FT-000767GX SAILOR-RT000144B