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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
80-10 m Amateur Converter

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  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 ? Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m + WARC 80-10 m
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   All mode  
Sensitivity 0.25 µV at 10 dB S+N/N -
Selectivity 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 3.6 kHz (-60 dB) -
Filters ? -
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 -
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   All mode  
RF-output 100 W max -

Connections

Antenna SO-239 RCA (Tulip)
Impedance 50/75Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains
Current RX 32 W ?
TX 295 W ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 19xx Between 1956 and 195x in USA
Dimensions 333 × 133 × 333 mm
(13.11 × 5.24 × 13.11 in)
146 × 133 × 119 mm
(5.75 × 5.24 × 4.69 in)
Weight 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features VOX
ACG
ALC
RIT
Attenuator
Noise blanker
?
Accessories ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TS-000830M RME-MC-000055