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Portable Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands ? ?
Freq. stability ? ± 20 Hz after 1 min below 13 MHz. ± 50 Hz after 1 min > 13 MHz.
Tuning steps ? 1 / 10 / 100 Hz, 1 / 5 / 9 / 10 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 5-8.5 / 12-16.5 MHz 0.09-30 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   FAX  
Sensitivity 0.2 µV (10 dB S+N/N) 2µV SSB 1.8-30 MHz (10 dB S+N/N)
Selectivity ? 6.0 kHz
3.0 kHz
0.5 kHz
1.0 kHz
0.5 kHz [Optional]
0.3 kHz
Filters ? ?
Receiver system ? Up Conversion Dual Superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ?
Image rejection ? > 70 dB
Audio output ? 1 Watts at 8 Ohms

Transmitter

TX-range 20 & 40 m -
Modulations CW   -
RF-output 1-4 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 6.5-14V DC 24V DC or mains
Current RX 34-45 mA 36W
TX 300-700 mA -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2003 and 2017 in USA Between 199x and 19xx in Japan
Dimensions 135 × 30 × 80 mm
(5.31 × 1.18 × 3.15 in)
480 × 150 × 290 mm
(18.90 × 5.91 × 11.42 in)
Weight 250 gr (8.8 oz) without options 7.50 kg (16.5 lbs)
Form factor Portable Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Built-in QSK keyer. ?
Accessories ? ?
MPN ELECRAFT-KX000001 JRC-NRD-000302A