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Desktop Shortwave receiver
HF Transceiver
Base Station CB Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  6m  2m  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  11m (CB) 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? Channelized

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m + CB (144-148 MHz / 50-54 MHz options) 0.5-30 MHz 26.965-27.255 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   AFSK   AM   SSB   DSB  
Sensitivity ? SSB/CW: 0.2-0.35 µV (10 dB SINAD @ 2.4 kHz bandwidth)
AM: 0.5-0.9 µV (10 dB SINAD @ 6 kHz bandwidth)
FM: 0.35-0.6 µV (12 dB SINAD @ 15 kHz bandwidth)
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Selectivity ? 35 built-in filters
SSB/CW: 200-3000 Hz
AM: 400-6000 Hz
FM: 15 kHz
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? 80 dB ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC 26.965-27.255 MHz
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   SSB   AFSK   AM   SSB   DSB  
RF-output ? 1-20 W 4 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC or mains 13.8V DC ?
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - Max 6 A ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 197x and 197x in Japan Between 2003 and 200x in USA Between 197x and 197x in USA
Dimensions ? 216 × 70 × 246 mm
(8.50 × 2.76 × 9.69 in)
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Weight ? 2.20 kg (4.9 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Unknown Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 100 channels in 1 bank(s) 23 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc)
Features ? Scanning. CTCSS encoder. PSK31-ready. IF-DSP. ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-R-000599A TEN-TEC-ARGONAUT-V-(000516) REGENCY-IMPERIAL-II