Kenwood TS-130SE
The TS-130SE is a solid-state HF transceiver from Kenwood, built under the TRIO-KENWOOD name. It covers the 80 through 10 meter amateur bands. The "SE" suffix is generally read as "Economy." The model is well known enough among HF operators to still show up in classifieds and on the air, but factory documentation is thinner than you'd expect for a rig this common. What follows comes from the operating manual and a handful of owner reports.
The front panel carries a digital display. The receiver has IF shift and a noise blanker, and owners tend to single out both as genuinely good. CW operators get semi-break-in through the built-in VOX and side-tone circuits. The rig accepts Kenwood's optional YK-88C or YK-88CN CW filter, receive only. Kenwood notes that neither the RIT nor the CW shift circuit works in fixed-channel operation.
The manual also warns that TRIO-KENWOOD did not supply crystals for the fixed-channel socket.
Factory accessories include the AT-130 antenna tuner. Microphone options included the noise-cancelling MC-35S. A mobile mount was offered alongside the TS-120's.
On the used market, owner discussion puts the TS-130SE somewhere around $250 - $350. A TS-140S in similar money adds dual VFOs and a general-coverage receiver. Production years, original price and country of manufacture are not confirmed here. Published power-output and sensitivity figures for the SE specifically haven't turned up in the sources we can verify. If you own one and have the manual's spec page, we'd like to see it.
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