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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld Transceiver
Dual-tuner 14-bit SDR receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  11m (CB)  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  2000m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 1 / 10 / 100 Hz
1 / 9 / 10 / 500 kHz
1 MHz
Channelized ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-30 MHz 24.265-27.? MHz 1 kHz - 2 GHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   - All mode   Multiple (Software defined)  
Sensitivity AM (10 dB S+N/N)
0.1-0.5 MHz: 2 µV
0.5-1.62 MHz: 32 µV
1.62-24.5 MHz: 0.2 µV
24.5-30 MHz: 1.3 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
28-30 MHz: 0.25 µV
SSB/CW/FSK (10 dB S+N/N)
0.1-0.5 MHz: 0.2 µV
0.5-1.62 MHz: 4 µV
1.62-24.5 MHz: 0.2 µV
24.5-30 MHz: 0.13 µV
? ?
Selectivity AM
6 kHz (-6 dB), 15 kHz (-60 dB)
FM
12 kHz (-6 dB), 24 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB/CW/FSK
2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 3.8 kHz (-60 dB)
? ?
Filters ? ? Ten high-selectivity front-end filters
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ? SDR
IF-freqs. 1st: 73.05 MHz
2nd: 8.83 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
? Zero IF, All IF bandwidths
Low IF, IF bandwidths ≤ 1.536MHz
Image rejection 80 dB ? ?
Audio output 1.5 W at 10% distortion / 8 ohms ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 24.265-27.? MHz ?
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   - -
RF-output 100 W (AM 40 W) 12 W ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - SMA
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50/1kΩ
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8 V DC ? ?
Current RX 2 A ? 185-320 mA
TX 20.5 A ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 199x and 199x in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2018 and 20xx in UK
Dimensions 330 × 120 × 334 mm
(12.99 × 4.72 × 13.15 in)
? 95 × 80 × 30 mm
(3.74 × 3.15 × 1.18 in)
Weight 11.00 kg (24.3 lbs) ? 110 gr (3.9 oz)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories 105 channels in 1 bank(s) None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Digital Signal Processing (DSP)
CTCSS/PL
Built-in keyer
AIP
VOX
Dimmer
AM/SSB USB 2.0 (high speed) type B socket
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TS-000850S COBRA-000138 SDRPLAY-RSPDUO