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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Linear Amplifier

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  2m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability Within 100 Hz after warm up ± 15 p.p.m. ?
Tuning steps ? ? Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 + WWV m 144-148 MHz ?
Modulations CW   SSB   FM   -
Sensitivity 0.25 µV for 10 dB S/N < 0.25 µV (12 dB SINAD) ?
Selectivity 2.4 kHz @ -6 dB / 4.2 kHz @ -60 dB 12 kHz (-6 dB)
24 kHz (-60 dB)
?
Filters - ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 10.695 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 1.5 W (8 ohm / 10% THD) > 1.5 W across 8 ohm with 5% distortion ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m 144-148 MHz 1.8-29.7 MHz
160-10m
Modulations CW   SSB   FM   CW   SSB  
RF-output Max 100 W 5-25 W 30 kW @ 200 W input

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8 V DC (12-16 V DC) 13.8 V DC Mains
Current RX 700 mA 600 mA ?
TX 18 A max 6.5 A ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1979 and 19xx in Japan Between 198x and 198x Between 2011 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions 241 × 94 × 235 mm
(9.49 × 3.70 × 9.25 in)
180 × 60 × 195 mm
(7.09 × 2.36 × 7.68 in)
540 × 610 × 720 mm
(21.26 × 24.02 × 28.35 in)
Weight 5.60 kg (12.4 lbs) 1.80 kg (4.0 lbs) 224.00 kg (494.2 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories None ? None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Vox, NB, RIT, Digital readout DCL Eimac 4CX15000A/D tube
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TS-000120S KENWOOD-TM-002530A DRESSLER-TSUNAMI-000030K