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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
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Mobile UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? Better than ± 0.002% ?
Tuning steps ? 10 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m 144.000-148.995 MHz 440-450 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY   FM   FM  
Sensitivity ? < 1 µV input for 30 dB S/N ?
Selectivity ? 8 kHz @ -6 dB
16 kHz @ -70 dB
?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 16.9 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 1.5 W @ 10% THD ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m 144.000-145.995 MHz (European version)
144.000-148.995 MHz (US version)
440-450 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY   FM   FM  
RF-output 10 W High: 15 W, Low: 2 W High: 10 W, Low: 1 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8V DC 13.8V DC
Current RX ? 400-550 mA ?
TX ? 1.25-2.5 A ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1983 and 19xx in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan Between 198x and 198x
Dimensions 348 × 145 × 347 mm
(13.70 × 5.71 × 13.66 in)
180 × 60 × 215 mm
(7.09 × 2.36 × 8.46 in)
162 × 55 × 182 mm
(6.38 × 2.17 × 7.17 in)
Weight 10.00 kg (22.1 lbs) 2.50 kg (5.5 lbs) 1.70 kg (3.8 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Mobile

Other features

Memories 11 channels in 1 bank(s) 4 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 4 channels/second ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Full QSK ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN JRC-JST-000100S KDK-FM-002016AE KDK-FM-007033