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Portable HF/VHF Receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range LW / MW / 1.6-30 / 87-108 MHz 10-160 m + WARC 144-146 MHz (Europe)
142-149 MHz (USA)
Modulations AM   W-FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   FM  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC 144-146 MHz (Europe)
142-149 MHz (USA)
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   SSB   FM  
RF-output ? Max 100 W High: 25 W, Low: 5 W

Connections

Antenna Built-in sweep SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50/75 Ω 50 Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ?V DC 13.8V DC 13.8V DC
Current RX ? ? 0.5-0.9 A
TX - ? 2.6-6.5 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1964 and 1966 Between 19xx and 19xx Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions 410 × 250 × 120 mm
(16.14 × 9.84 × 4.72 in)
? 175 × 64 × 206 mm
(6.89 × 2.52 × 8.11 in)
Weight 7.00 kg (15.4 lbs) without batteries 23.00 kg (50.7 lbs) 1.80 kg (4.0 lbs)
Form factor Portable Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN GRUNDIG-SATELLIT-000205 KENWOOD-TS-000950S KENWOOD-TR-007900